Archive for the ‘Christian Science’ Category

What is Spirit?   Leave a comment

Spirit is the life, substance, and continuity of all things.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p124: 25-26 by Mary Baker Eddy)

Moving into the New Year   Leave a comment

God Really Does Run the Universe   Leave a comment

A Sentinel Watch interview with Deborah Huebsch.

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Deborah shares how being a Christian Science practitioner has helped her understand God more clearly: as the only power—the power of good—in our lives.

The Christian Science Plaza   1 comment

A privately owned space – a gift for the community.

For those who have not been to Boston, here is a little peek into the architectural brilliance and the beauty of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston.

Click here for a 3 minute view of the plaza and church.

Posted September 20, 2024 by cscanberra in Christian Science, Church

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The Importance of Our Thoughts   2 comments

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p261:4)

Spiritual Substance   Leave a comment

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p124)

I Was Searching for the Truth   Leave a comment

A Christian Science Perspective article from the Christian Science Monitor by Yetel Macías Reyes

I became acquainted with Christian Science a little over a decade ago. Like many people, I was searching for the truth. I had taken courses and read books about different religions and philosophies, and I was practicing a philosophy that basically said I was God: If my thoughts were good, things would go well. If not, they would go badly. This was a heavy burden on my shoulders.

I was facing tremendous challenges at the time: a job loss, great loneliness, and the care of a young daughter with a chronic respiratory disease. As a single mother, I felt overwhelmed.

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Understanding God   Leave a comment

Whosoever believeth that wrath is righteous or that divinity is appeased by human suffering, does not understand God. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p22:27)

God is Love. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p2:23)

Finding Peace   1 comment

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.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p264)

Why I Am a Christian Scientist   2 comments

Sometimes friends ask me why I am a Christian Scientist.  I tell them it’s because it brings me both joy and comfort.  With it I feel more able to cope with the challenges life inevitably presents me with.  I feel as though it helps me to make better informed decisions, to recognise the qualities that make life ‘work right’, and it teaches me that there are spiritual laws that if followed bring harmony, healing and a sense of security to my life.

The Bible tells me that God is Love (I John 4:8).  It also tells me that man (meaning all of us) is the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1: 26, 27).  It is reassuring to know that my true nature is Love which is expressed in a myriad of shades – in gentleness, kindness, forgiveness, selflessness, unselfishness, affection, empathy, generosity, loyalty, courtesy and many more.  I know from the Bible also that God’s love is unconditional.  It is not influenced by race, or religion, or gender.  The rule of Love then is that we also must love without bias.  This is in fact the Golden Rule:  to love another as oneself.  Is this not the kind of thinking that would make the world a better place?  Is this not what the world needs more of?  Love is not just a feeling, it is in fact a law.  When we follow this law of Love then we bring harmony into our lives.

Through Christian Science I have also come to know God as Truth and infinite Mind.  I have learned to take each of these descriptors and to live them – to be honest because I am the reflection of Truth; to be thoughtful and act intelligently because I am the reflection of Mind.  When these spiritual qualities become my core values then this spiritual discernment enables me to make better decisions when choosing friends and a life partner, or employment, and even the politicians I vote for.  These are just some of the reasons I love being a student of Christian Science.