Election Follow Up

Nov 8, 2012 | Articles, Tom Taffel Articles

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

Nov 5, 2012 | Articles

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...

Finding One’s Place

Oct 26, 2012 | Articles

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...

Child of God

Oct 6, 2012 | Articles

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

Jul 11, 2012 | Articles

(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...

“God: The Producer and Director”

Jun 10, 2012 | Articles, Tom Taffel Articles

  “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...