Everyone, get off your computer and go spend Thanksgiving with people you care about. --------------------------------------- While I take issue with most of Christian Science and how it is practiced today, I feel that Ms. Eddy was right to have a special Thanksgiving Service. There is no "special" Christmas service, or Easter service, but there is … Continue reading Thanksgiving, something CS does Right*
Category: Church
Community & Congregation
This post was inspired by Elle's comment on Daily Struggles for Healing. ----- ----- ----- ----- During my time at college a group of friends and I occasionally escaped campus early Sunday mornings for coffee (or hot chocolate or orange juice) and donuts, after which time we'd go visit a non-CS church service and get … Continue reading Community & Congregation
How Much Christanity?
Although I'm not a "pagan" parent, this post from Witches of the Craft struck home. The credited author, "Josie" makes some valid points that apply to most parents with views outside of "mainstream" Christianity (or one of the other Abrahamic religions). Both my husband and I were raised by devout Christian Scientists and regularly attended … Continue reading How Much Christanity?
Coffee & Donuts with Gravity
Very occasionally I miss the ritual of getting up on a Sunday morning and going to church. I used to occasionally sneak off to the local Christian Science church, leave the baby in child care and sit for an hour enjoying the $1 donation worth of kid-free time. Even before I began to seriously question … Continue reading Coffee & Donuts with Gravity
I would like to thank the reader for the readings from the desk this evening
Every Wednesday night in Christian Science churches all over the world small groups of CS congregate for the Wednesday evening service, to hear a brief sermon and share testimonies of healing. Interestingly, while the Mother Church broadcasts the Sunday Service live online, until recently they opted not to share Wednesday testimony* meetings and the Thanksgiving … Continue reading I would like to thank the reader for the readings from the desk this evening
Factions in the Church: Antibacterial Hand soap*
Every good CS church has committees, the more committees, the more committed the congregation is, right? A friend of mine, S, was on the church cleaning committee, a group of volunteers who got together to clean the church on a weekly basis. There were/are four or five people rotating through the month so no one … Continue reading Factions in the Church: Antibacterial Hand soap*
Conversations about Reform
There are some people who feel that Christian Science can be reformed (because that went so well for Luther and the Catholics). They want to take new ideas about concepts like Christian Fellowship, more modern music, and Sunday School/bible-study for grown-ups and infuse them with the essence of Christian Science. Personally, I think it is … Continue reading Conversations about Reform
Church Manual: Sex, Drugs, Doctors & Healing
The Big Four issues that Christian Scientists seem to get hung up on are (in no particular order): sex, drugs, doctors and healing. Going STRICTLY BY WHAT THE MANUAL SAYS is quite different than delving into MBE's other writings (and even those are open to further reading and interpretation). "Sex" comes up ONCE in the … Continue reading Church Manual: Sex, Drugs, Doctors & Healing
Spiritual Growth & Choice
I attended Principia College which meant when I came home on breaks everyone had questions about what it was like. It must be fabulous living in a utopian setting full of like-minded Christian Scientists, other parents yearned for their children to also attend Prin, and several older church members bragged that their children had attended … Continue reading Spiritual Growth & Choice
Pick your Level of Involvement
The Christian Science Community is a small one. It is not uncommon for people (or their parents, grandparents, or extended familial relations) to have attended Principa* together (often over several generations), taken Class Instruction together, worked at the Mother Church at the same time, gone to the same summer camp, attended the same youth conference, … Continue reading Pick your Level of Involvement
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