Essay

Unconditional Love Moves Past Limitation

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Unconditional love is another way of saying “loving the essence” of someone, regardless of what they do or don’t do. That’s very different than saying “love them without a reason.” You are loving them for what they actually are, without those fears and insecurities that they need to move past. I would say both God … Read more

New Year’s Eve…

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New Year’s Eve Reflections: As we face the clean slate of a fresh New Year, I ask you: what is stopping you from being all you can be? Christian Science teaches that operating from the basis of the human mind limits your experience. Contrariwise, when God governs every action, being the best you can be … Read more

100th Anniversary of Mary Baker Eddy’s Passing

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Mary Baker Eddy is the discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, which she described as “the law of God; the law of good.” Her wish was to “reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” A devoted Bible scholar and previously an invalid, she had a revelation that healed her, and she then went … Read more

My Daughter’s Kenya Account Written for Her Sponsors

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Below is a copy of my daughter’s account of the service trip she took last summer to teach in the Christian Science Sunrise of Africa School in Nairobi, Kenya. She wrote this at Thanksgiving time in deep appreciation for her myriad church sponsors who donated in varying amounts to make this experience possible. She has … Read more

Objectivity vs. Subjectivity

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The Webster definition of “subjective” is personal, emotional, instinctive and intuitive. Its antonym is “objective” which means actual, real, empirical, evidence based, verifiable. Mary Baker Eddy calls matter, sin, disease and death “subjective states of mortal mind.” This carnal, human mind is differentiated from the divine Mind, which we are indeed truly subject to. But … Read more