Category: Christian Science

Change course when helpful

November 16, 2023 | 24 comments

This statement by Mary Baker Eddy is heartening: “If you believe in and practice wrong knowingly, you can at once change your course and do right” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 253). If we feel stuck

Understanding the unreality of evil

November 10, 2023 | 51 comments

A commenter on this blog recently asked, “How can a student of Christian Science say evil is unreal when so many atrocities are happening around the world?” It is true. One of the basic teachings of Christian Science is the

Stripping evil of its disguise

October 12, 2023 | 53 comments

The outbreak of mass violence and killing in Israel has been alarming to millions of concerned people around the world. In searching for where to go in my prayers for peace in that region, I find strength in these words

Do you identify with the infinite idea

October 6, 2023 | 30 comments

Are you identifying with a self that has infinite possibilities? Or do you feel limited, stuck, and lacking? If the latter, it’s time for a remedy! Mary Baker Eddy writes, “God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself,

Be generous, not stingy

October 2, 2023 | 28 comments

If you’re ever inclined to be stingy with your giving, here’s a verse from Proverbs on the subject that is thought-provoking: Don’t eat with people who are stingy; don’t desire ther delicacies. They are always thinking about how much it