A guest post written by Ingrid Peschke, legislative liaison for Christian Science and spirituality in Massachusetts This week kids (and adults) will disguise themselves in masks, makeup, and costumes to celebrate Halloween. Whether or not you relate to this end-of-October tradition, it provides an interesting lesson on fear and reality. Because theoretically it’s the one time no one can truly
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A guest post written by Suzie Sandberg I was part of a process to combine two well-functioning middle schools with declining enrollment, one affluent and one with two minority groups. To work through this process, the school board formed a committee that included parents from each neighborhood and the new school’s personnel. As the first meeting approached there was distrust,
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A guest post written by Noie La Rue Dear Friend, Now don’t panic! I don’t expect you to sit down and read these books (Science and Health and Bible) from cover to cover right this minute! In fact, maybe you will just put them on the shelf for a while. I have been serving in our church bookstore/reading room and
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A guest post by Robert B. Clark, Committee on Publication for Florida Even though I live closer to the beach than the bay, Tampa’s hosting of the Republican National Convention (RNC) is already starting to impact my life. As soon as the last Olympic medal is awarded, the RNC will take center stage here in the Bay area. Then it
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A guest post written by Bob Cummings, media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Michigan Could YOU walk on a wire across Niagara Falls? Nik Wallenda made it look pretty easy. He was so calm and looked to be always in control. In interviews with Wallenda on TV I heard two elements of a spiritual practice that helped him
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The Christian Science pastor is a little unique among religions. Instead of it being a person, it’s two books. I shared this video over a year ago, but thought it had a good message. Featured photo by Diego David Garcia
A guest post written by Selim Franklin A few years ago, I was having difficulty handling flu symptoms and called an old friend who was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. He asked me to search Science and Health, by Mary Baker Eddy, for all mention of harmony and its variants, with special emphasis on the sentence, “Mentally insist that
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A guest post written by Madelon Maupin (originally posted November 2010) This week is National Bible Week, from the Sunday preceding Thanksgiving to the following Sunday. During this season of gratitude, it’s a perfect time to be thankful for the Scriptures that reveal man’s spiritual nature through the lives of the Bible’s characters. Starting with the glorious announcement in Genesis
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A guest post written by Mary Lou MacKenzie One can hardly watch the TV news these days without seeing pictures of malnourished African children and not feel a desire to do something to help. But short of buying a plane ticket and hand carrying food and water to each of these desperate little ones, what can we do? As I
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A guest post written by Keith Wommack, Committee on Publication for Texas Although the Christian Science denomination uses the word Christian in its name, many people don’t know it is Bible, Jesus, and prayer based. It is definitely Christian. Christian Scientists are students of the Bible – Old and New Testaments. Most of them study this book daily, especially the
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