Category: Mary Baker Eddy

The future of Christian Science

June 18, 2009 | 5 comments

A while back, while pondering the declining membership I’ve seen in many branch churches of the Christian Science movement, the question beckoned for attention in my mind, “What if the world no longer had Christian Science? Would it matter?” To

The recession is over

May 7, 2009 | 6 comments

Many economic observers are seeing signs that the recession is headed out the door. There are still many concerns about a commercial real estate crash, rising unemployment, and huge unknowns about the derivatives market, but it appears that severe losses

Most loving sermon in the world

April 28, 2009 | 7 comments

I’ve had people over the years tell me that they thought Christian Science church services were boring, and I’ve been tempted to think the same myself in the past. But I don’t anymore. A few months ago, a new perspective

The young man was alive

April 16, 2009 | 4 comments

I’ve received great inspiration this week from studying the story in the Christian Science Bible Lesson about when Jesus raised the young man of the widow in Nain. See below for the story. When I first read the story, I

The unreality of matter

March 25, 2009 | 5 comments

A reader sent in the following quote: Max Planck, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, considered the father of Quantum Theory, made the following statement when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics: As a man