Declare your at-one-ment with the “divine US!”

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One of the weekly Bible Lesson subjects (aka our sermon) in our Christian Science Church is “Doctrine of Atonement.” Most would agree that:

“The atonement is a hard problem in theology, but its scientific explanation is, that suffering is an error of sinful sense which Truth destroys, and that eventually both sin and suffering will fall at the feet of everlasting Love.”

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 23:7

Understanding that we are truly always at-one with divine Love is sometimes difficult particularly in times of great challenge. It has been shown to me that It is then that is most important to dwell on exactly this idea. It will bring peace, harmony, healing.

Other writings by the Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, have helped me greatly to understand our oneness with Our Father, and so, with one another.

From Pulpit and Press:

“Is not a man metaphysically and mathematically number one, a unit, and therefore whole number, governed and protected by his divine Principle, God? You have simply to preserve a scientific, positive sense of unity with your divine source, and daily demonstrate this. Then you will find that one is as important a factor as duodecillions in being and doing right, and thus demonstrating deific Principle. A dewdrop reflects the sun. Each of Christ’s little ones reflects the infinite One, and therefore is the seer’s declaration true, that ‘one on God’s side is a majority.’”

“A single drop of water may help to hide the stars, or crown the tree with blossoms.”

Pulpit and Press, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 3:26–1; 4:2 (only), 7–19

Also helpful is this passage from Miscellaneous Writings:

“thou shalt recognize thyself as God’s spiritual child only, and the true man and true woman, the all-harmonious ‘male and female,’ as of spiritual origin, God’s reflection, — thus as children of one common Parent, — wherein and whereby Father, Mother, and child are the divine Principle and divine idea, even the divine ‘Us’ — one in good, and good in One.”

Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 18:11

What lovely “risen” ideas for us all at Easter time.

Happy New Year fellow CSN pioneers!

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Dedicatory Sermon (Jan. 1895)

“A new year is a nursling, a babe of time, a prophecy and promise clad in white raiment, kissed — and encumbered with greetings — redolent with grief and gratitude. An old year is time’s adult, and 1893 was a distinguished character, notable for good and evil. Time past and time present, both, may pain us, but time improved is eloquent in God’s praise.”

Pulpit and Press, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 1:4–11

Could we not echo this individually and collectively for the year 2021 and incoming 2022?

Our tasks and accomplishments together pale in comparison to those of our Leader, but are nonetheless, significant. We should consider 2021 as “time improved” and expect the same for 2022.

The fullness of the idea, Christian Science nurse (CSN), continues to dawn in thought,

A “Calling”

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I have been blessed to represent the office of Christian Science nurse for many years.

It has changed my life, challenged me, strengthened my spiritual understanding, buoyed me up, humbled me, caused me to weep, to laugh, to be awe-struck, to understand spiritual joy.

During my years I have had to wrestle down impatience, disappointment, discouragement, supposed lack, ingratitude, disdain - my faith has been tested many times. All to find that “joy cometh in the morning”… over and over again.

Nurse: a noun, or a verb?

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Like many words, nurse can be interpreted in many ways. Looking up the term made me think more deeply about how I viewed my practice of Christian Science nursing. Webster’s defines nurse in several ways:

Noun: “a person who cares for the sick or infirm.” (That’s not how we think of nursing in Christian Science!)

Verb: “to promote the progress or development of.” (That sounds more like it!)

I like to think of the word nurse in terms of a verb.