Articles & Testimonies
Election Follow Up
This election was one of the most important in my lifetime. With so much at stake, I turned to the Christian Science Hymnal for comfort and healing. Hymn 292, “The Dutch Hymn of Thanksgiving” with words by Maria Louise Baum, gave me hope and joyous expectation...
After the storm
Reprinted with permission - From The Official Blog of Thomas Mitchinson, Illinois Committee on Publication The Psalmist recorded, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble….Though the waters thereof roar and are troubled, though the mountains...
Finding One’s Place
8,7,8,7 Groping for my meaningful place Through the maze of mortal schemes; I will never find the real grace Of the Truth that quells false dreams. Only when I quit vainglory, And release all plans to Mind; Only when I choose the holy, Shall I find the place that's...
Child of God
Child of God, how glorious is they heritage. Heav’n and all the Father/Mother has, is thine. His love is ever brooding o’er thee, saying “Son/daughter, beloved, “Thou art mine.” Murmur not when passing thru the water, or when the waves of error seem to roar. ...
Think on these things
(Philippians 4:4-8) 8,8,8,8 My Soul's athirst and sated not While matter would remain so real; For not until my thought turns pure Shall I attain my heart's ideal. The blemished body challenges All sense of loveliness and form; Yet when I learn to Love in heart Shall...
“God: The Producer and Director”
“God: The Producer and Director” By Tom Taffel Christian Science Sentinel June 19, 1971 Volume 73, Number 25 There were almost too many reasons why I couldn’t make a motion picture for Pan American World Airways. I was a college student without financial...
“He restoreth my soul”
(Psalm 23:1-6) 8,8,8,8 When all around me seems forlorn And darkness hovers all about, I trust the eternal Word, not worn By time, to guide me gently out. The God within restores my soul, And guards my way in every sense; I need not fear the stones and shoals With...
Forgiveness
Forgiveness and healing By Tom Taffel From the Christian Science Sentinel - April 18, 2012 Forgiveness promotes healing, and healing supports forgiveness; they are two different sides of the same coin. Unforgiving thoughts foster fear, hatred, and, on a...
Animal Magnetism for Dummies
Let’s be clear….animal magnetism is nothing; it’s not real and it has no power -- because it does not exist in reality. It has no more cause, substance, law or power than the false belief that 2 + 2 = 5 … (which, admittedly, can be problematic if you happen to...
Divine Love meets every human need. – Mary Baker Eddy
Daily Bread - 03/09/2012 Science and Health 494:10-29 Mary Baker Eddy Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited...