All A Christian Science Perspective
- Integrity, fairness, honesty ... sturdy as a milking stool
Even if life causes us to stumble or fall, we can anchor our thoughts and actions on the solid platform of an abiding love for God and His laws of purity, justice, and truth.
- An appreciation that heals
It can be tempting to dismiss others as unworthy or incapable of redemption. But praying to value everyone as made to express God’s goodness brings healing outcomes, encouraging all that’s good in us and the world to spring forth more fully.
- Feeling God’s love during and after a fire
With the wildfires increasingly under control, we can pray to know that God’s love and care is forever active and present to help those who have experienced any loss.
- The blessing of blessing others
The beauty and blessing of loving others and putting others’ needs before our own is illustrated throughout the Bible. Living a life of unselfed love and blessing others becomes natural when we realize what we are as the spiritual expressions of an all-loving God.
- It’s God’s day every day, including on Halloween
Each day of the year, whatever holiday may fall on it, is an opportunity to acknowledge the goodness and allness of God. “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalms 118:24).
- Needed: Witnesses to God’s unifying harmony and love
Judging from the headlines, bitterness, rivalry, and hatred may often seem to rule the day. But all of us can be active witnesses to recognize, take a stand for, and live God’s limitless, unifying harmony and love.
- Praying the news
When we strive to see others as God sees them, we find that it is indeed possible to resist the pull of despair and disgust and to engage with the news in a thoughtful, healing way.
- We can help lessen evil
Are we helpless in the face of evil? Not according to the Bible. We can make progress in ameliorating evil by challenging it on the basis of God’s allness – for our own benefit and the benefit of others.
- Health that isn’t vulnerable
Too often our health can seem susceptible to circumstance or chance. But the idea that true health is sustained by God, divine Spirit, brings help and healing.
- What’s our role in supporting wise and good government?
Many politicians frequently seem to have abandoned their civility in debating with one another, and the rest of us often have to refrain from discussing the issues to avoid doing the same. But prayer affirming the wisdom of God’s government opens the door for more civility, justice, and solutions to problems.
- Energy that doesn’t run out
For a woman struggling with chronic fatigue, the idea that God is the source of limitless energy impelled an aha moment and swift healing.
- Wrapping our prayers around the immigration crisis
Strongly held convictions about immigration crises around the world can polarize and divide people. But prayer that seeks God’s answers brings less stridency and more listening, opens the door to wise and balanced solutions, and lifts thoughts from fear to love.
- The road map to a life worth living
Following Jesus’ example of a life that mirrors the power and love of God brings healing, fulfillment, and freedom from the limitations that would dampen our lives.
- Sing out loud!
For one woman, a chickadee’s joyful song inspired a fresh view of our ability to let God’s goodness and joy shine in our lives – a lesson that brought about a quick healing of illness shortly after.
- Shaping our course Spiritward
A piece in today’s Daily highlights how traditional religious codes such as the Ten Commandments still make a difference in people’s lives. Here’s an article exploring the idea that glimpsing our spiritual origin as God’s children has a healing effect – physically, mentally, and morally.
- Uninterrupted employment
Sometimes the prospects for finding a job can look bleak. But under God’s guidance we can discover, nurture, and express our God-given talents in ways that benefit others as well as ourselves.
- The truth that set me free
When a woman severely injured her toe during a weeklong hike, she found hope as well as healing in Jesus’ teaching about truth and freedom. Each of us can also find genuine healing by going deep with God’s inspiration.
- ‘Adulting’ without the stress
Too often it seems as if life – at any age – is little more than a collection of tasks that need to be performed, an inevitable “daily grind.” But as a young dad and husband with a full-time career found, being more conscious of the presence of God, good, replaces stress with joy and makes one’s path forward clearer.
- Never helpless
Here’s a hymn that could be considered a prayer: that all those around the world facing conflicts old and new can feel God’s presence with them.
- Feeling God’s certainty in uncertain times
Amid headlines on Brexit, trade wars, continuing Middle East strife, and extreme weather events, certainty can feel like a distant dream. But each of us can open our hearts to God’s unending goodness, which brings practical change for the better.