Selected articles from The Christian Science Monitor
A spiritualized view of childbirth
from The Christian Science Monitor
Although childbirth often is commonly viewed as a medical scenario, there’s a spiritual dimension to birth that, like the spiritual realities of life itself, needs to be more widely understood—for humanity’s health and welfare. read
Higher ground after the floods
from The Christian Science Monitor
To those in various places around the world facing the effects of floods, it may seem like small comfort to say that prayer can help, but it can make a huge difference. God’s kingdom is one of harmony, good, peace, and safety for everything essential to life and joy. And this is where each of us truly lives. Praying to see the reality of God’s kingdom in our lives, we gain its blessings. read
Fortitude and the U.S. Open
from The Christian Science Monitor
If we can glimpse the fact that we are spiritual, expressing strength, courage, and fortitude as ideas of God, infinite Mind, the source of all energy, then we won’t allow anything to hinder or limit our expression of God’s qualities. We may be tempted to stop trying, but we can reject this, and with this rejection come progress and victory. read
Lives transformed by Love
from The Christian Science Monitor
Genuine love is deeply felt by almost everyone. Could this love indicate something far bigger—so big that it could change your perception of life and the universe, yourself included? Countless people have found that it does. read
Floods and an ‘ark’ state of thought
from The Christian Science Monitor
With serious floods proving to be a major challenge in various places around the world, there’s nothing like prayer to fill thought with the buoyant awareness of God’s power to save, support, and sustain His children. Prayer can help us experience Love’s unsinkability. read
Embracing Burma’s orphans
from The Christian Science Monitor
While it may be impossible to say how many children in Burma were orphaned or only temporarily separated from their parents by the recent cyclone, their situation certainly calls for prayer. And the Lord’s Prayer, which covers the range of human needs, is a great place to start. read
Hope for the Midwest
from The Christian Science Monitor
When storms and floods are in the news, it’s good to remember that the Bible includes several accounts of fierce storms, but they don’t emphasize the helplessness of humanity or the inevitability of disaster. Rather, they point to the ways that God provides for us in all situations. read
Who is the father in Father’s Day?
from The Christian Science Monitor
Countless human fathers deserve all sorts of honor this Father’s Day. But it’s always appropriate also to consider God, everyone’s Father-Mother. His fatherliness is an invariable force for good that cannot be circumvented or deflected from His purpose, which includes happy and fulfilling relationships among His children. read
Angels on the court
from The Christian Science Monitor
No matter how intense or frightening or dark a situation looks, we can never be separated from whatever divine messages—angels—we need to hear in order to go forward. Such angels are always with us because God, the source of these angel messages, is always with us. read
Zimbabwe: safe in God’s law
from The Christian Science Monitor
If you’d like to help the people of Zimbabwe break out of the cycle of poverty and distress, this would be a good time to pray for honest elections. Our prayerful appeal to divine law is an affirmation of God’s omnipresent goodness, justice, intelligence, and wisdom. And since God made man in His own likeness, each of us is capable of expressing these spiritual qualities. read
