From the March 2016 issue of The Christian Science Journal
Beloved Church family,
We so look forward to uniting with you for Annual Meeting on June 6—online wherever you are, or here in Boston. We love this sacred and joyful occasion to share with and hear from members around the globe how the scientific knowledge of God is tangibly blessing humanity. It’s a time to inspire and strengthen each other in fulfilling Mary Baker Eddy’s vision for her Church as “designed to be built on the Rock, Christ; even the understanding and demonstration of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving the world from sin and death; thus to reflect in some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant” (Church Manual, p. 19).
Healing and saving the world! That’s quite an expectation. We rejoice in global examples of progress in justice and peace—heartening evidence of a growing understanding of one universal God that is Truth and Love. Yet much remains to be done to demonstrate the reality of God’s allness that heals and saves individuals, nations, and the whole earth.
As we seek to fulfill the unique and essential role of church to meet this pressing need, these questions may stir thought:
• What does the world around me think about church?
• What did Mary Baker Eddy expect church to be and do?
• What do I expect church to be and do?
In spite of any limited and limiting views of church and its contemporary relevance, there is a universal hunger for the heartfelt experience of God’s saving power. And these questions press us to respond to the demand for church that is vibrant with unselfed love and actively engaged in authentic Christian healing for humanity. The still radical, still new understanding of God and man found in Christian Science is life-changing. It birthed the Church of Christ, Scientist, and continues to grow it as we each realize our own vital part in forwarding its healing mission.
At Annual Meeting, church members will tell how they’re deepening and expanding their healing practice—through daily study of the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and the weekly Christian Science Bible Lessons, and by the compassion, hope, and work for the world that The Christian Science Monitor and our other periodicals inspire.
As we feel more of the stability, confidence, and inclusive love “the structure of Truth and Love” (Science and Health, p. 583) brings to our lives, people the world over searching for a better home will recognize, desire, and find the precious knowledge of the all-loving God that Church offers everyone.
What a joy it will be to welcome as many of you as possible to Annual Meeting 2016.
With great love and gratitude for each one who has named the name of Christ,
Elise Moore, Speaker. This healing talk is part of a lecture event in Orange County, CA about about "Healing Through Prayer."
It's about handling fear and utilizing the law of God to heal disease. Elise will discuss 7 laws of God that result in healing,
including 5 specific ways to remove fear. Healings include rheumatoid arthritis, lump in breast, cancer, effects of a serious
auto accident, anorexia, heart condition, and more. This is a comforting, gentle, compassionate, practical talk to allay the fear
of patients and heal. The speaker is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing. You will find more talks about healing
prayer and information about Christian Science Churches in Southern California at PrayerThatHeals.org.
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Would you like to access the same sense of well-being, clarity, inner freedom, and loving connection realized by the world's meditation masters? Join Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian as she talks with Loch Kelly, founder of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute and author of Shift Into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness, as they discuss how we can tap in to this inner freedom. Tune in to learn how we can intentionally and immediately connect to peace of mind any time of our day.
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Lecture by Stormy Becker Falso, Christian Science practitioner and teacher. She discusses how a better understanding of God leads to healing. Sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fullerton, CA. You'll find more talks about prayer and healing at www.PrayerThatHeals.org.
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Practicing yoga in all of its forms—hatha yoga, meditation, contemplation, or selfless service—turns up the inner light of awareness. We start to see a new way to live. Rolf Gates, author of Meditations From the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, joins Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian to discuss how the yamas and niyamas can help us to bring our spiritual practice off the mat and into every aspect of our lives. Tune in to discover how the practice of yoga encourages living a joyful, fulfilling life that leaves the world a better place.
Christie’s motivation in her healing ministry and lecturing is the “aha moment” that comes as we catch even a glimpse of God’s great power. “I love the undeniable feeling of security, health, and peace that comes when I listen for guidance from God,” Christie explains, “and my greatest joy is sharing this with others.”
The Eternal Way:The Inner Meaning of the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kriya Yoga
by Roy Eugene Davis
The Bhagavad Gita has inspired and nurtured millions of truth seekers for more than two thousand years. An examination of the inner meaning of the allegory reveals:
• how souls awaken from egocentric involvement with physical and psychological conditions to realizations of their pure-conscious nature:
• the obstacles to spiritual growth and how they may be overcome:
• the emergence of innate knowledge that purifies the mind and illumines consciousness.
Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson · 10月30日
Both past & future exist only in your mind. If you forgive in the present, you both heal the past & release the future to be different.