Category: Mary Baker Eddy

Lecture highlight

January 17, 2011 | 14 comments

Last Friday night, I lectured to a packed house at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena, CA. It was part of the Southern California Church Alive Summit, and what an evening it was. Ginny Luedeman, another Christian Science lecturer,

Science and Health is easy to understand

January 7, 2010 | 9 comments

Occasionally, I’ve heard someone tell me that the book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, is difficult to understand. I’ve puzzled over the years how to respond to this type of observation because when

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