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The Value of Stillness   Leave a comment

A Daily Lift by Mary Beattie of Canberra. Mary is a full-time Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

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In this short podcast Mary reminds us of the value of taking quiet time to draw close to God and find the peace of a spiritual perspective.

God Doesn’t Fail   Leave a comment

A Daily Lift by Deborah Huebsch, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

In this brief podcast Deborah relates how one of her beloved horses was diagnosed with an incurable kidney condition. She describes how she prayed and how this passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy helped her. Three months later the vet announced that there was no longer any trace of this condition.

The effect of this Science is to stir the human mind to a change of base, on which it may yield to the harmony of the divine Mind. p162

“Heavenly Minded” – Doing “Earthly Good”   Leave a comment

A Daily Lift by Judy Olson, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

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In this brief podcast Judy tells how she was cautioned by a well meaning friend with the old saying: “Don’t be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good”. She explains how, when she thought about this, she realised that the more heavenly minded she was then the more use she was to the world. She gives a beautiful example of this in her own life.

Spiritual Sense   Leave a comment

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Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to understand God.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p209:31)

Mary Baker Eddy and Humanity’s March to the Stars   Leave a comment

By William Whittenbury from the February 2023 issue of The Christian Science Journal

The dream of exploring space was still many years away from being realized when Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, asked groundbreaking questions about the universe. Just as astronomers and astronauts reveal facts about the nature of our universe that challenge long-held human convictions, Mrs. Eddy’s own search for Truth led her to revolutionary discoveries about the nature of reality—discoveries that can be applied by anyone to break free from material limitations. 

In my own life and career as an engineer working on the design of spacecraft and rockets, I’ve thought a lot about the relationship between Mrs. Eddy’s work and present-day efforts to explore and understand the universe. While some think there is an inherent conflict between science and spirituality, I’ve found just the opposite. Since both science and spirituality are concerned with the study of truth, if—as logic suggests—there is only one truth, then it is inevitable that the two will eventually arrive at the same answer.

Years before people launched satellites, orbited the Earth, and left footprints on the moon, Mrs. Eddy predicted humanity’s march to the stars. In her textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, she wrote, “The elements and functions of the physical body and of the physical world will change as mortal mind changes its beliefs. . . . 

“. . . The astronomer will no longer look up to the stars,—he will look out from them upon the universe; . . .” (pp. 124–5). … Continue Reading

From New Year’s Resolutions to Daily Resolve   Leave a comment

A Daily Lift by Tony Lobl

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In this short podcast Tony talks about how a daily resolve to leave materiality behind proves more effective than the annual New Year’s resolutions.

Spiritual Growth   Leave a comment

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Every step towards goodness is a departure from materiality, and is a tendency towards God, Spirit.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p213)

Posted December 30, 2022 by cscanberra in Renewal, Spirituality, Thought, Values

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What I Learned from a Whale Song   Leave a comment

A Daily Lift by Bobby Lewis, a Christian Science practitioner.

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In this 3 minute podcast Bobby tells how when difficult life circumstances seemed to be pulling him down the beautiful sounds of whale song brought him peace and reminded him to pray and take a more spiritual viewpoint. This new outlook had a healing effect on this life.

Behold God’s Goodness   2 comments

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.

Hearing God   Leave a comment

Spirit, God, is heard when the senses are silent.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p89: 20)

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