A Daily Lift by Mark Swinney
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In this brief podcast Mark talks about how his new focus on the word ‘Behold’ redirected his thought to the good that was around him and thus changed the course of his thinking and his state of mind.
Archive for May 2022
Behold God’s Goodness 2 comments
Keeping Our Communities Safe 1 comment
A Daily Lift by Ethel A Baker, a Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher
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In this brief podcast Ethel shares her prayers for her community after a school shooting and how as she listened to the inspirations that came she was able to protect the neighbourhood children from potential danger.
Love with a Heart of Tenderness Leave a comment
Love with a heart of tenderness
Your enemies and friends;
However hard this may appear,
This quality just mends.
For Love is God in action true,
A presence that is felt;
A healing and a saving power
That will all discord melt.
(Christian Science Hymnal 519)
Miracles – Divine Law in Action Leave a comment
Wednesday Testimony Meeting readings
This recording is of the readings on the topic: Miracles – Divine Law in Action
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The miracle introduces no disorder, but unfolds the primal order, establishing the Science of God’s unchanging law.
There is to-day danger of repeating the offence of the Jews by limiting the Holy One of Israel and asking: “Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?” What cannot God do?
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p134)
Readings on Peace 1 comment
Wednesday Testimony Meeting readings
This recording is of the readings on the topic: Peace
Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace which comes from an all-absorbing spiritual love. (p264)
Revenge is inadmissible. (p22)
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
The Peacemaker Leave a comment
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
(The Bible – Matthew 5: 9)
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… thoughts winged with peace and love breathe a silent benediction over all the earth, …
(Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy p152: 6)
Let Peace Begin with Me 1 comment
Let peace begin with me; let this
be the moment now.
With every step I take, let this
be my solemn vow:
To take each moment and live each
moment in peace eternally!
Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me.
(Hymn 521 Christian Science Hymnal)
Comfort from Mom Leave a comment
A Daily Lift by Bethany Taylor
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In this short podcast Bethany describes how learning to understand God as Mother brings comfort and reassurance at any time in life.
Humility – The Cure for Pride Leave a comment
I had to learn humility the hard way! I was ice-skating with my granddaughter one evening. I am not a very good skater and I was doing my best to keep up speed and glide. At one point I noticed that the rink was populated with young people, and a little pride crept in that I was out there even though I am a grandmother.
Well, a few more turns around the rink and then down I went. My wrist was badly hurt.
My go-to in times of need has always been prayer. In this case, a wake-up call about pride was my biggest take-away from my prayers. After about two weeks, I could still not move my wrist. Then, one day in humble prayer, it came to me that all of us out there on the ice were children of God, expressing the joy, strength, and energy of divine Life. Our true nature is not defined by a certain age and personal abilities. Instead, it appears in our reflection of God’s qualities.
I was very humbled by this thought. In his book “Mere Christianity,” C. S. Lewis, the Christian apologist, refers to pride as “the complete anti-God state of mind.” It suggests the possibility of a selfhood or ego apart from God, the one true Ego. It is a way of thinking that denies the onliness and allness of infinite good.
Click here to continue reading, or listen to, this article by Elizabeth Crecelius Schwartz published in the Christian Science Monitor Daily. In it Elizabeth describes more of the thinking that then led to a quick and complete healing of the injured wrist.
Who Are You? Leave a comment
A Daily Lift by Russ Gerber
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In this brief podcast Russ describes a day when he woke up and couldn’t move. He tells how turning his thought to God and himself as God’s image brought about an instant healing.
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