Category: faith

Healing anxiety

December 12, 2023 | 25 comments

If you’re on a road trip through town to a place you need to be, but have no idea how to get there, you might start to feel anxious about the drive. Perhaps you drive a few miles in the

Questioning God’s existence

November 28, 2023 | 22 comments

A doubting teenager was questioning her mother’s faith in God. “How can you say there is a God when so many bad things happen in the world?” She exclaimed. The mother replied, “God is what gives me hope that there

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

What is influencing your thought

November 1, 2023 | 16 comments

What is influencing your thought today, the human mind or the divine Mind? Mary Baker Eddy writes, In a world of sin and sensuality hastening to a greater development of power, it is wise earnestly to consider whether it is

A funny story

September 4, 2023 | 36 comments

A reader sent me this story. There was a Scottish house painter named Smokey MacGregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit