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Here is a link to the address, given in 2015: http://www.canterburycrest.org/downloads/2015_address.pdf
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"content_text": "Here is a link to the address, given in 2015: http://www.canterburycrest.org/downloads/2015_address.pdf",
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"title": "Talk given at Annual Meeting of Fern Lodge",
"content_html": "Fern Lodge is a Christian Science Care facility in Castro Valley, California. \u00a0Here is a link to a talk given at their Annual Meeting in October, 2018:\u00a0https://fernlodge.org/2018/07/fern-lodge-fountain-of-love-force-for-good-talk/
\nHere is a written summary of the same talk: https://fernlodge.org/fern-lodge-fountain-of-love-force-for-good-talk/
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"content_text": "Fern Lodge is a Christian Science Care facility in Castro Valley, California. \u00a0Here is a link to a talk given at their Annual Meeting in October, 2018:\u00a0https://fernlodge.org/2018/07/fern-lodge-fountain-of-love-force-for-good-talk/\nHere is a written summary of the same talk: https://fernlodge.org/fern-lodge-fountain-of-love-force-for-good-talk/",
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What would inspire folks to shelve their iPhones and computers for a week, wait (with extraordinary patience!) for long hours in line to camp out in a severe desert environment, pack in all food and water, and pack out all trash, enduring dirty fingernails and dusty feet?\u00a0 An annual event called Burning Man with these elements, and more, brought over 60,000 such folks together this year in a remote Nevada desert.\u00a0 The rules for the community are basic (and can be see in their entirety here: http://www.burningman.com/).\u00a0 In my reading of them, they are essentially a pragmatic statement of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)\u00a0 A unique element of Burning Man is its gift-based, rather than consumer-based economy.\u00a0 The only things for sale are ice and coffee, and the proceeds go to a charitable organization.\u00a0 Everyone that comes is expected to give something.\u00a0 Also part of this culture: extraordinary creativity, art, loud music, a markedly friendly and open/permissive atmosphere, and whimsical clothing (or sometimes none.)
\nA group of people who love Christian Science felt there was a good reason to be a presence in this city.\u00a0 We came to wash feet.
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\nWe hadn\u2019t specifically set out to \u201cdo church\u201d there at Burning Man.\u00a0 We had planned to lovingly embrace that city of lively seekers by actively seeing their spiritual worthiness as we washed dust from their feet.\u00a0 What a surprise that in doing so, we discovered we were in the middle of church!\u00a0 We found that as people came to us for this simple, humble, and very useful service, some were just happy to have clean feet. \u00a0\u00a0Many, however, were curious as to why we would be doing such a thing.\u00a0 Some remarked on its Biblical roots.\u00a0 Quite a few pursued it further, wanting to know about Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy.\u00a0 Every single recipient left happy and refreshed, some profoundly so.
\nHere are some things I learned about church in this simplified, windswept desert environment, church pared down to its core essence:
\nWalls are entirely optional.\u00a0 Someone could look at our camp and say we had a\u00a0 \u201cchurch structure\u201d consisting of a large white dome tent, a generous and lovely shade structure, some chairs on rugs, and an impromptu outdoor kitchen set up between two vans.\u00a0 However, the real \u201cstructure\u201d, that which gave foundation and shape to our days, was much more aligned with Mrs. Eddy\u2019s definition of Church in Science and Health:
\n“CHURCH: The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick. ”
\nThough we had no permanent walls, our community still had a very useful and specific form.\u00a0 About half way through the week, we noticed these passages from the current Bible Lesson on Christ Jesus, supplied a perfect set of \u201cBylaws\u201d to guide us in properly structuring our actions:
\n“What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done. Outward worship is not of itself sufficient to express loyal and heartfelt gratitude, since he has said: ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments.’ \u201d (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 4:3)
\n“Let unselfishness, goodness, mercy, justice, health, holiness, love\u2009\u2014\u2009the kingdom of heaven\u2009\u2014\u2009reign within us, and sin, disease, and death will diminish until they finally disappear.”\u00a0 (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 248:29)
\n“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”\u00a0 (John 13:34)
\n“\u2026Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,\u00a0 love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: ” (I Peter 3:8)
\nWhen a community is firmly committed to loving neighbors, they begin to love each other more, even if they have widely differing \u201cstyles\u201d.\u00a0 We began the week not knowing each other, of different ages, with different life-experiences, and widely differing approaches to sharing our love of God and man.\u00a0 Despite this, we came to love, appreciate, and trust one another.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t mean there were not opportunities to exercise patience and forgiveness!\u00a0 It just meant our default became \u201cLove one another\u201d. \u00a0In this simplified church environment, it became clear to me that there is no dividing line between helping someone you don\u2019t know and helping someone you do know.\u00a0 There is only love. \u00a0It has one divine source, and it gets expressed freely and appropriately to everyone.\u00a0 Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians, 1 Cor 13:3, translated in The Message: \u201cTrust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.\u201d\u00a0 We practiced humble, extravagant love, felt it for each other, and were able to offer it to folks we did not know. \u00a0I also saw in a sudden insight the converse: what shrivels church is not some dark outside force.\u00a0 It is my own entertaining of unchristian thoughts towards another.
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\nThere is room in church for whatever gift folks have to offer. There is not just one right way of washing feet.\u00a0 There is not just one opening question to ask.\u00a0 There is not just one way of meeting needs or nourishing a hungry heart.\u00a0 We found that the diversity within us met the diverse needs of the folks that appeared.\u00a0 Often the people that sat at the open chairs, ready for clean feet, were met with the one best suited to meet their needs.\u00a0 Each washer had a gift to give, and each gift was as unique as his own smile.\u00a0 What qualified the giver was his or her love, willingness, and commitment to humbly wash feet, not how much or how long they had studied the letter of Christian Science. \u00a0The essence of our little community\u2019s offering was a tangible sense of nonjudgmental, unconditional love, and everyone in our camp, regardless of where they were in their study and practice of Christian Science, was included in both the giving and receiving.\u00a0 Every expression given in love had value, and every camp member was valuable.
\nShifting our focus from counting feet to enabling gratitude let us thrive.\u00a0 At first, we wanted to know how many people we were assisting, so we invited them to write their names on a sign.\u00a0 It quickly became apparent this numbering was the wrong approach, so we changed from trying to keep track of numbers to inviting gratitude. \u00a0(Don\u2019t number the people! Mrs. Eddy warned in the Church Manual, and we found that was sound counsel at Burning Man, too.) \u00a0The gratitude poured out eloquently as folks happily expressed their delight in felt pen on our wooden shade structure.
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\nUnconditional love is so attractive that an inevitable side effect of love and inclusiveness is growth!\u00a0 We anticipated we would be a camp of ten people.\u00a0 Immediately, before we even got through the gate, we had the opportunity to include rather than exclude, when we were approached by two teens who asked us if we would drive them through the gate.\u00a0 (They had tickets, but needed a car to ride in.)\u00a0 They were so grateful and happy we were willing to help them, that they joined our camp, pitching their tent next to ours.\u00a0 One of them joined us for multiple meals, participated in our camp activity, and contributed by getting ice.\u00a0 After the Christian Science lecture given by Fujiko Signs (a member of our camp the entire week along with her husband Mark), one listener wanted to hear more, so he came to our camp after the talk, had dinner, asked questions, joined us at our testimony meeting, and brought his tent over.\u00a0 He joined our camp for the rest of the week.\u00a0 Another visitor, a student of Christian Science, heard we were there, found us, and asked if she could use our \u201cReading Room\u201d, a card table set up in our dome tent, which she did.\u00a0 Thereafter she was a frequent visitor and foot-washer.\u00a0 So we began with ten, but had grown essentially by another third by the time the week was out.\u00a0 This expansion was unlooked-for\u2026 but how love attracts!
\nChurch tangibly harmonizes.\u00a0 True church is not passive.\u00a0 It acts on and through us as we lift our highest concept of God and man.\u00a0 This is what we witnessed repeatedly in that arid environment.\u00a0 One example:\u00a0 two women came into our camp, noticeably disturbed.\u00a0 As I began washing the first one\u2019s feet, her language was harsh.\u00a0 But she and her companion seemed very glad to be in our peaceful company, and they stayed quite a while. \u00a0I learned that one whose feet I had washed was trying to help the other, Irina, a young lady from eastern Europe whose English was minimal. \u00a0Irina had gone running that morning and had completely lost her camp.\u00a0 She had no idea where it was in this town of dusty-look-alike-streets, therefore had no food, water, extra clothes, or bed for the night.\u00a0 Irina had her feet washed, too, and then joined some others in \u201cmoving with gratitude\u201d, an activity that a group in our camp was doing then.\u00a0 Irina\u2019s friend then washed feet of one of our members as they two talked together.\u00a0 Since lunch was approaching, we included them in our round of sandwiches. I remembered I had found a stray water bottle on the playa the night before, so I washed it, filled it with fresh cold water, and gave it to Irina along with a bag to keep it in.\u00a0 Both ladies beamed as they went on their way, now refreshed and happy.\u00a0 One said, \u201cI came here burdened by many things, but am leaving without any of them.\u201d
\nBy the end of our week in the desert, we found we had a full-service church.\u00a0 We had gathered for a Wednesday testimony meeting, including multiple new-comers; held an open-air Sunday church service, with folks listening and participating, coming and going; provided two well-received Christian Science lectures; read the Bible Lesson out loud, with some discussion as one might have in a Sunday School setting, including the visiting college student; provided and utilized a simple \u201cReading Room\u201d; washed feet; offered comfort, hope, joy, purity, and Christian Science treatment when requested, as well as food and drink; even provided some Christian Science nursing care.\u00a0 Around fifty or so took Science and Health home with them from the desert, inspired by its amazing message. Our presence was a purifying, elevating one, and there was definitely healing.![\"P1250315\"](\"https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/files/2013/10/P1250315-225x300.jpg\")
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I am pondering how I can take what I have learned to apply more in my own life and in my somewhat greener and less-dusty church-home.\u00a0 Love more, judge less.\u00a0 Include.\u00a0 Simplify.\u00a0 Wash feet.\u00a0 Feed. \u00a0Love.
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To learn more about the Christian Science foot washing camp at Burning Man in 2013, visit spiritualplaya.org.
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"content_text": "What would inspire folks to shelve their iPhones and computers for a week, wait (with extraordinary patience!) for long hours in line to camp out in a severe desert environment, pack in all food and water, and pack out all trash, enduring dirty fingernails and dusty feet?\u00a0 An annual event called Burning Man with these elements, and more, brought over 60,000 such folks together this year in a remote Nevada desert.\u00a0 The rules for the community are basic (and can be see in their entirety here: http://www.burningman.com/).\u00a0 In my reading of them, they are essentially a pragmatic statement of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)\u00a0 A unique element of Burning Man is its gift-based, rather than consumer-based economy.\u00a0 The only things for sale are ice and coffee, and the proceeds go to a charitable organization.\u00a0 Everyone that comes is expected to give something.\u00a0 Also part of this culture: extraordinary creativity, art, loud music, a markedly friendly and open/permissive atmosphere, and whimsical clothing (or sometimes none.)\nA group of people who love Christian Science felt there was a good reason to be a presence in this city.\u00a0 We came to wash feet.\n\nWe hadn\u2019t specifically set out to \u201cdo church\u201d there at Burning Man.\u00a0 We had planned to lovingly embrace that city of lively seekers by actively seeing their spiritual worthiness as we washed dust from their feet.\u00a0 What a surprise that in doing so, we discovered we were in the middle of church!\u00a0 We found that as people came to us for this simple, humble, and very useful service, some were just happy to have clean feet. \u00a0\u00a0Many, however, were curious as to why we would be doing such a thing.\u00a0 Some remarked on its Biblical roots.\u00a0 Quite a few pursued it further, wanting to know about Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy.\u00a0 Every single recipient left happy and refreshed, some profoundly so.\nHere are some things I learned about church in this simplified, windswept desert environment, church pared down to its core essence:\nWalls are entirely optional.\u00a0 Someone could look at our camp and say we had a\u00a0 \u201cchurch structure\u201d consisting of a large white dome tent, a generous and lovely shade structure, some chairs on rugs, and an impromptu outdoor kitchen set up between two vans.\u00a0 However, the real \u201cstructure\u201d, that which gave foundation and shape to our days, was much more aligned with Mrs. Eddy\u2019s definition of Church in Science and Health:\n“CHURCH: The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick. ”\nThough we had no permanent walls, our community still had a very useful and specific form.\u00a0 About half way through the week, we noticed these passages from the current Bible Lesson on Christ Jesus, supplied a perfect set of \u201cBylaws\u201d to guide us in properly structuring our actions:\n“What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done. Outward worship is not of itself sufficient to express loyal and heartfelt gratitude, since he has said: ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments.’ \u201d (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 4:3)\n“Let unselfishness, goodness, mercy, justice, health, holiness, love\u2009\u2014\u2009the kingdom of heaven\u2009\u2014\u2009reign within us, and sin, disease, and death will diminish until they finally disappear.”\u00a0 (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 248:29)\n“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”\u00a0 (John 13:34)\n“\u2026Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,\u00a0 love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: ” (I Peter 3:8)\nWhen a community is firmly committed to loving neighbors, they begin to love each other more, even if they have widely differing \u201cstyles\u201d.\u00a0 We began the week not knowing each other, of different ages, with different life-experiences, and widely differing approaches to sharing our love of God and man.\u00a0 Despite this, we came to love, appreciate, and trust one another.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t mean there were not opportunities to exercise patience and forgiveness!\u00a0 It just meant our default became \u201cLove one another\u201d. \u00a0In this simplified church environment, it became clear to me that there is no dividing line between helping someone you don\u2019t know and helping someone you do know.\u00a0 There is only love. \u00a0It has one divine source, and it gets expressed freely and appropriately to everyone.\u00a0 Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians, 1 Cor 13:3, translated in The Message: \u201cTrust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.\u201d\u00a0 We practiced humble, extravagant love, felt it for each other, and were able to offer it to folks we did not know. \u00a0I also saw in a sudden insight the converse: what shrivels church is not some dark outside force.\u00a0 It is my own entertaining of unchristian thoughts towards another.\n\nThere is room in church for whatever gift folks have to offer. There is not just one right way of washing feet.\u00a0 There is not just one opening question to ask.\u00a0 There is not just one way of meeting needs or nourishing a hungry heart.\u00a0 We found that the diversity within us met the diverse needs of the folks that appeared.\u00a0 Often the people that sat at the open chairs, ready for clean feet, were met with the one best suited to meet their needs.\u00a0 Each washer had a gift to give, and each gift was as unique as his own smile.\u00a0 What qualified the giver was his or her love, willingness, and commitment to humbly wash feet, not how much or how long they had studied the letter of Christian Science. \u00a0The essence of our little community\u2019s offering was a tangible sense of nonjudgmental, unconditional love, and everyone in our camp, regardless of where they were in their study and practice of Christian Science, was included in both the giving and receiving.\u00a0 Every expression given in love had value, and every camp member was valuable.\nShifting our focus from counting feet to enabling gratitude let us thrive.\u00a0 At first, we wanted to know how many people we were assisting, so we invited them to write their names on a sign.\u00a0 It quickly became apparent this numbering was the wrong approach, so we changed from trying to keep track of numbers to inviting gratitude. \u00a0(Don\u2019t number the people! Mrs. Eddy warned in the Church Manual, and we found that was sound counsel at Burning Man, too.) \u00a0The gratitude poured out eloquently as folks happily expressed their delight in felt pen on our wooden shade structure.\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \nUnconditional love is so attractive that an inevitable side effect of love and inclusiveness is growth!\u00a0 We anticipated we would be a camp of ten people.\u00a0 Immediately, before we even got through the gate, we had the opportunity to include rather than exclude, when we were approached by two teens who asked us if we would drive them through the gate.\u00a0 (They had tickets, but needed a car to ride in.)\u00a0 They were so grateful and happy we were willing to help them, that they joined our camp, pitching their tent next to ours.\u00a0 One of them joined us for multiple meals, participated in our camp activity, and contributed by getting ice.\u00a0 After the Christian Science lecture given by Fujiko Signs (a member of our camp the entire week along with her husband Mark), one listener wanted to hear more, so he came to our camp after the talk, had dinner, asked questions, joined us at our testimony meeting, and brought his tent over.\u00a0 He joined our camp for the rest of the week.\u00a0 Another visitor, a student of Christian Science, heard we were there, found us, and asked if she could use our \u201cReading Room\u201d, a card table set up in our dome tent, which she did.\u00a0 Thereafter she was a frequent visitor and foot-washer.\u00a0 So we began with ten, but had grown essentially by another third by the time the week was out.\u00a0 This expansion was unlooked-for\u2026 but how love attracts!\nChurch tangibly harmonizes.\u00a0 True church is not passive.\u00a0 It acts on and through us as we lift our highest concept of God and man.\u00a0 This is what we witnessed repeatedly in that arid environment.\u00a0 One example:\u00a0 two women came into our camp, noticeably disturbed.\u00a0 As I began washing the first one\u2019s feet, her language was harsh.\u00a0 But she and her companion seemed very glad to be in our peaceful company, and they stayed quite a while. \u00a0I learned that one whose feet I had washed was trying to help the other, Irina, a young lady from eastern Europe whose English was minimal. \u00a0Irina had gone running that morning and had completely lost her camp.\u00a0 She had no idea where it was in this town of dusty-look-alike-streets, therefore had no food, water, extra clothes, or bed for the night.\u00a0 Irina had her feet washed, too, and then joined some others in \u201cmoving with gratitude\u201d, an activity that a group in our camp was doing then.\u00a0 Irina\u2019s friend then washed feet of one of our members as they two talked together.\u00a0 Since lunch was approaching, we included them in our round of sandwiches. I remembered I had found a stray water bottle on the playa the night before, so I washed it, filled it with fresh cold water, and gave it to Irina along with a bag to keep it in.\u00a0 Both ladies beamed as they went on their way, now refreshed and happy.\u00a0 One said, \u201cI came here burdened by many things, but am leaving without any of them.\u201d\nBy the end of our week in the desert, we found we had a full-service church.\u00a0 We had gathered for a Wednesday testimony meeting, including multiple new-comers; held an open-air Sunday church service, with folks listening and participating, coming and going; provided two well-received Christian Science lectures; read the Bible Lesson out loud, with some discussion as one might have in a Sunday School setting, including the visiting college student; provided and utilized a simple \u201cReading Room\u201d; washed feet; offered comfort, hope, joy, purity, and Christian Science treatment when requested, as well as food and drink; even provided some Christian Science nursing care.\u00a0 Around fifty or so took Science and Health home with them from the desert, inspired by its amazing message. Our presence was a purifying, elevating one, and there was definitely healing.\n \n \n \n \n\n \nI am pondering how I can take what I have learned to apply more in my own life and in my somewhat greener and less-dusty church-home.\u00a0 Love more, judge less.\u00a0 Include.\u00a0 Simplify.\u00a0 Wash feet.\u00a0 Feed. \u00a0Love.\nTo learn more about the Christian Science foot washing camp at Burning Man in 2013, visit spiritualplaya.org.\n ",
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"url": "https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/2013/02/18/the-solution-to-ailing-twos/",
"title": "The solution to ailing twos",
"content_html": "Two times two has become five, he said with some concern.
\nReally? When did that happen?
\nYesterday afternoon it began, and by night was fully evident.
\nWith growing alarm he noted, now two times three is unpredictable.
\nPerhaps the whole two-times system has become infected
\nand may fail.
\nThe family rallied round, faces grave,
\nhoping for the best, but fearing the worst:
\nBecause twice-two had slipped, now two times three, four, and five
\nwere endangered, even seven and beyond!
\nWhat caused it? A hitherto unknown flaw in two’s basic structure?
\nWas it contagious? Maliciously sent? An unsuspected accident?
\nWhere would it stop?
\nWould all be lost?
\nIt seemed an unquellable collapse, colossal in damage.
\nWas there no answer, no mathematical
\nrepair, somewhere, anywhere? A wizard
\nwho could (at unfathomable cost) somehow wrench those ailing twos
\nback into their accustomed spots, and anchor them securely?
\nOh, did such a one exist?
\nAnd then, spoke a child:
\nTWO TIMES TWO EQUALS FOUR. IT NEVER WAS FIVE.
\nAnd suddenly, anxious chaos cleared as darkened sky lit by sudden ray.
\nTwo times two equals four?
\nTwo times two equals four.
\nTWO TIMES TWO EQUALS FOUR!
\nNo unpredicatability, no infection, no colossal failure.
\nJust reliable truth.
\n\u2014Anna Lisa Kronman
\n(This poem came to me one early morning in a quiet listening time, pretty much as it appears here.\u00a0 It was published in the July 19, 2010 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.)
\n",
"content_text": "Two times two has become five, he said with some concern.\nReally? When did that happen?\nYesterday afternoon it began, and by night was fully evident.\nWith growing alarm he noted, now two times three is unpredictable.\nPerhaps the whole two-times system has become infected\nand may fail.\nThe family rallied round, faces grave,\nhoping for the best, but fearing the worst:\nBecause twice-two had slipped, now two times three, four, and five\nwere endangered, even seven and beyond!\nWhat caused it? A hitherto unknown flaw in two’s basic structure?\nWas it contagious? Maliciously sent? An unsuspected accident?\nWhere would it stop?\nWould all be lost?\nIt seemed an unquellable collapse, colossal in damage.\nWas there no answer, no mathematical\nrepair, somewhere, anywhere? A wizard\nwho could (at unfathomable cost) somehow wrench those ailing twos\nback into their accustomed spots, and anchor them securely?\nOh, did such a one exist?\nAnd then, spoke a child:\nTWO TIMES TWO EQUALS FOUR. IT NEVER WAS FIVE.\nAnd suddenly, anxious chaos cleared as darkened sky lit by sudden ray.\nTwo times two equals four?\nTwo times two equals four.\nTWO TIMES TWO EQUALS FOUR!\nNo unpredicatability, no infection, no colossal failure.\nJust reliable truth.\n\u2014Anna Lisa Kronman\n(This poem came to me one early morning in a quiet listening time, pretty much as it appears here.\u00a0 It was published in the July 19, 2010 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.)",
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"url": "https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/2012/11/13/a-junco-and-the-holy-ghost/",
"title": "A Junco, the Holy Ghost, and New Thoughts on \u201cIt might have happened anyway\u201d",
"content_html": "Recently I was visiting a friend, and we sat enjoying a lovely view of her colorful back yard. My friend, a bird lover, feeds many birds at her bird feeder. Suddenly there was a loud thunk! and we could see a small bird had flown full force into a window and now lay motionless on the ground.
\nImmediately, my friend and I stopped talking and began vigorous prayer for this small creature. My prayer went something like this: God, you are in control of every idea. You are supreme. Your law is the only one operating. Every idea, including this bird, is perpetually in Your sight. Not one could fall! Not one could ever be in the \u201cwrong\u201d place. This bird can hear You right now, dear Father. He is awake to his unhurt being, and he can get up now. \u201cNot one faileth.\u201d Since \u201caccidents are unknown to God,\u201d there could be no harmful effect from a non-event. \u201cNo evidence before the material senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that God, good, is supreme,\u201d writes Mrs. Eddy in Miscellaneous Writings, page 277, and I vigorously accepted this as true right then.
\nI noticed after a few minutes the bird had awakened and was now on its feet, but still seemed quite shaken, holding its head low and quivering, but I was glad to see progress. I then thought of this part of a sentence in Science and Health: \u201c\u2026the temple of the Holy Ghost, \u2014 the patient’s spiritual power to resuscitate himself,\u201d and thought, this bird can respond to the present Holy Ghost, and feel that spiritual power to resuscitate himself. I then got some fresh insight on that idea\u2014that whenever we might wonder or say in any situation, \u201cWell, he would have gotten better anyway,\u201d what might appear as spontaneous improvement is really the action of the \u201cspiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ,\u201d at work, enabling \u201cthe patient’s spiritual power to resuscitate himself,\u201d \u2013 even if the patient is a bird!\u00a0 Shortly after this, an inquisitive squirrel came up to the bird, to see what was going on. The bird, as if to say, Enough! flew away.
\nWe were both happy to see this, but my biggest take-away of this experience was this insight.\u00a0 “It might have happened anyway,” sometimes uttered as if prayer might or might not have had anything to do with improvement, is really a recognition that good happens.\u00a0\u00a0 God is good, and causes good.\u00a0 Prayer, as a recognition of good, uncovers and magnifies the good already present.\u00a0 So, “it might have happened anyway,” is really an acknowledgement, even if not understood, of the Christ present, at work, good!
\n
\n
\n",
"content_text": "Recently I was visiting a friend, and we sat enjoying a lovely view of her colorful back yard. My friend, a bird lover, feeds many birds at her bird feeder. Suddenly there was a loud thunk! and we could see a small bird had flown full force into a window and now lay motionless on the ground.\nImmediately, my friend and I stopped talking and began vigorous prayer for this small creature. My prayer went something like this: God, you are in control of every idea. You are supreme. Your law is the only one operating. Every idea, including this bird, is perpetually in Your sight. Not one could fall! Not one could ever be in the \u201cwrong\u201d place. This bird can hear You right now, dear Father. He is awake to his unhurt being, and he can get up now. \u201cNot one faileth.\u201d Since \u201caccidents are unknown to God,\u201d there could be no harmful effect from a non-event. \u201cNo evidence before the material senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that God, good, is supreme,\u201d writes Mrs. Eddy in Miscellaneous Writings, page 277, and I vigorously accepted this as true right then.\nI noticed after a few minutes the bird had awakened and was now on its feet, but still seemed quite shaken, holding its head low and quivering, but I was glad to see progress. I then thought of this part of a sentence in Science and Health: \u201c\u2026the temple of the Holy Ghost, \u2014 the patient’s spiritual power to resuscitate himself,\u201d and thought, this bird can respond to the present Holy Ghost, and feel that spiritual power to resuscitate himself. I then got some fresh insight on that idea\u2014that whenever we might wonder or say in any situation, \u201cWell, he would have gotten better anyway,\u201d what might appear as spontaneous improvement is really the action of the \u201cspiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ,\u201d at work, enabling \u201cthe patient’s spiritual power to resuscitate himself,\u201d \u2013 even if the patient is a bird!\u00a0 Shortly after this, an inquisitive squirrel came up to the bird, to see what was going on. The bird, as if to say, Enough! flew away.\nWe were both happy to see this, but my biggest take-away of this experience was this insight.\u00a0 “It might have happened anyway,” sometimes uttered as if prayer might or might not have had anything to do with improvement, is really a recognition that good happens.\u00a0\u00a0 God is good, and causes good.\u00a0 Prayer, as a recognition of good, uncovers and magnifies the good already present.\u00a0 So, “it might have happened anyway,” is really an acknowledgement, even if not understood, of the Christ present, at work, good!\n \n ",
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"url": "https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/2011/10/20/halloween-decor-inspirations/",
"title": "Halloween decor inspirations",
"content_html": "Near Halloween, folks around here like to decorate.\u00a0 They display multiple pumpkins, gigantic spiders, inflated Frankensteins, and anything else they think fits into ghoulish fun.\u00a0 I passed a mailbox recently that had some d\u00e9cor that offered me some spiritual insight.\u00a0 Hanging by its tail off this mailbox was a \u201cdead rat\u201d.\u00a0 This \u201cdead rat\u201d was obviously a stuffed animal.\u00a0 It never had been a live rat.\u00a0 It never was a dead rat.\u00a0 It was just the expression of a concept\u2014yucky dead rat.
\nThis made me think: man is not a dead rat.\u00a0 Nor is he a live rat.\u00a0 He is not a rat at all!\u00a0 More significantly, man is not a mortal.\u00a0 He is not a live, healthy mortal, nor is he a sadly dead mortal.\u00a0 He is not an in-trouble mortal.\u00a0 He is not a sick, diseased, or stressed mortal. He is not mortal, ever.\u00a0 That \u201cdead rat\u201d hanging from that mailbox hadn\u2019t ever been a \u201clive rat\u201d.\u00a0 It never was a genuine rat at all.\u00a0 Man is not a mortal!
\n\u201cMan is idea, the image, of Love; he is not physique.\u00a0 He is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas\u2026.\u201d\u00a0 (Science and Health, by Mary Baker Eddy, pg. 475:13-16)\u00a0 This is the accurate and everlasting statement of man\u2019s being.\u00a0 Man never left God for residence or penalty in matter.
\n",
"content_text": "Near Halloween, folks around here like to decorate.\u00a0 They display multiple pumpkins, gigantic spiders, inflated Frankensteins, and anything else they think fits into ghoulish fun.\u00a0 I passed a mailbox recently that had some d\u00e9cor that offered me some spiritual insight.\u00a0 Hanging by its tail off this mailbox was a \u201cdead rat\u201d.\u00a0 This \u201cdead rat\u201d was obviously a stuffed animal.\u00a0 It never had been a live rat.\u00a0 It never was a dead rat.\u00a0 It was just the expression of a concept\u2014yucky dead rat.\nThis made me think: man is not a dead rat.\u00a0 Nor is he a live rat.\u00a0 He is not a rat at all!\u00a0 More significantly, man is not a mortal.\u00a0 He is not a live, healthy mortal, nor is he a sadly dead mortal.\u00a0 He is not an in-trouble mortal.\u00a0 He is not a sick, diseased, or stressed mortal. He is not mortal, ever.\u00a0 That \u201cdead rat\u201d hanging from that mailbox hadn\u2019t ever been a \u201clive rat\u201d.\u00a0 It never was a genuine rat at all.\u00a0 Man is not a mortal!\n\u201cMan is idea, the image, of Love; he is not physique.\u00a0 He is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas\u2026.\u201d\u00a0 (Science and Health, by Mary Baker Eddy, pg. 475:13-16)\u00a0 This is the accurate and everlasting statement of man\u2019s being.\u00a0 Man never left God for residence or penalty in matter.",
"date_published": "2011-10-20T10:20:21-07:00",
"date_modified": "2011-10-20T23:48:59-07:00",
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"url": "https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/2011/06/07/love-present/",
"title": "Love Present",
"content_html": "Yesterday, as I drove home along a favorite tree-lined reservoir road, I saw something I had not before.\u00a0 Someone\u2019s grandfather was walking along the somewhat sketchy shoulder with a couple of long poles, bag in hand.\u00a0 He was not in a hurry, nor did he appear uncomfortable, but he was quite a distance from any parked car, and this hour and place seemed like an unusual choice for a stroll.\u00a0 I observed him as I passed, and continued thinking about him a few more turns down the road.\u00a0 Then, I did a U-turn and came back.\u00a0 As I got out of my car, he smiled warmly, acknowledging my greeting.\u00a0 I asked him if he were OK, and he said he liked to walk this whenever he could.\u00a0 He then added, you are the second gal in five minutes to stop and offer help!\u00a0 After a few more happy exchanges, I proceeded on my way, satisfied that he was aware of his surroundings and actions.\u00a0 As the road was narrow, I drove back the direction I had first come to find a turning-around spot.\u00a0 There I saw another car pulled over, the driver clearly concerned about the elderly ambler.\u00a0 She had seen me talking with him, and she wondered if he were safe, and thinking clearly.\u00a0 We spoke a few moments, and then each went on our way.\u00a0 I waved as I passed the silvered walker the second time, and prayed to understand that he was and would continue to be safe in Love\u2019s care that day.
\nThe lesson to me of this small interchange is huge:\u00a0 In the short space of a few minutes, at least three different people saw something unusual and possibly unsafe for a fellow being, and were moved to take action to check in with that one.\u00a0 None of the potential helpers knew the man ahead of time, nor each other\u2026 acquaintance wasn\u2019t the motivator.\u00a0 Concern and care for one\u2019s fellow man was.
\nIsn\u2019t that willingness to stop and step out evidence of divine Love present, here, now, alerting, guiding, calling to action?\u00a0 Love moves us.\u00a0 If Loved moved folks to check in with that veteran hiker, would it not be present in every situation, no matter how ordinary or how dire?\u00a0 I am so grateful for this simple reminder that that Love is here and will keep us safe.\u00a0 Love is compels action, on that road yesterday, and in every place.
\n",
"content_text": "Yesterday, as I drove home along a favorite tree-lined reservoir road, I saw something I had not before.\u00a0 Someone\u2019s grandfather was walking along the somewhat sketchy shoulder with a couple of long poles, bag in hand.\u00a0 He was not in a hurry, nor did he appear uncomfortable, but he was quite a distance from any parked car, and this hour and place seemed like an unusual choice for a stroll.\u00a0 I observed him as I passed, and continued thinking about him a few more turns down the road.\u00a0 Then, I did a U-turn and came back.\u00a0 As I got out of my car, he smiled warmly, acknowledging my greeting.\u00a0 I asked him if he were OK, and he said he liked to walk this whenever he could.\u00a0 He then added, you are the second gal in five minutes to stop and offer help!\u00a0 After a few more happy exchanges, I proceeded on my way, satisfied that he was aware of his surroundings and actions.\u00a0 As the road was narrow, I drove back the direction I had first come to find a turning-around spot.\u00a0 There I saw another car pulled over, the driver clearly concerned about the elderly ambler.\u00a0 She had seen me talking with him, and she wondered if he were safe, and thinking clearly.\u00a0 We spoke a few moments, and then each went on our way.\u00a0 I waved as I passed the silvered walker the second time, and prayed to understand that he was and would continue to be safe in Love\u2019s care that day.\nThe lesson to me of this small interchange is huge:\u00a0 In the short space of a few minutes, at least three different people saw something unusual and possibly unsafe for a fellow being, and were moved to take action to check in with that one.\u00a0 None of the potential helpers knew the man ahead of time, nor each other\u2026 acquaintance wasn\u2019t the motivator.\u00a0 Concern and care for one\u2019s fellow man was.\nIsn\u2019t that willingness to stop and step out evidence of divine Love present, here, now, alerting, guiding, calling to action?\u00a0 Love moves us.\u00a0 If Loved moved folks to check in with that veteran hiker, would it not be present in every situation, no matter how ordinary or how dire?\u00a0 I am so grateful for this simple reminder that that Love is here and will keep us safe.\u00a0 Love is compels action, on that road yesterday, and in every place.",
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"url": "https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/2011/06/01/hello-world/",
"title": "A Walk and a Listen",
"content_html": "The photo above is a view on a walk I often take.\u00a0\u00a0 That is the Lafayette Reservoir nestling in golden California hills.\u00a0 In spring, they are dotted with the lavender of lupine bushes; in summer we see yellow-orange monkey-flower coloring the hills.\u00a0 Always these walks are prayer times.\u00a0 I like to just listen to what God is saying as I walk (not always easy, but a great discipline!)\u00a0 I often think of seven synonyms for God, and what they mean:\u00a0 Life, Truth, Love, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Mind.\u00a0 I ponder how man is the very expression of these God-names.\u00a0 For instance, as the expression of Love, man is loved, loving, and lovable.\u00a0 As the representative of Truth, man is pure, upright, whole, accurate, honest.\u00a0 As the image of Soul, man (and woman, of course!) is balanced, beautiful, harmonious.\u00a0 Man, as the likeness of Spirit, is spiritual!\u00a0 Substantial.\u00a0 Inspired.\u00a0 As the very idea of Principle, man is designed and governed by divine law, with his entire experience subject to the operation of\u00a0 Principle.\u00a0 As Mind’s representative, man is intelligent, conscious, alert.\u00a0 As Life’s manifestation, man is good, healthy, intact, divinely maintained.\u00a0 I find the basis for these ideas in Genesis 1: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…and God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.”
\nI love remembering this altogether good man is inseparable from his altogether good source: Love itself.\u00a0 Nothing can come in to change that.\u00a0 This perfect defense is beautifully summed up in Romans 8: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation,\t\t\t\t\tor distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?….\u00a0 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him\t\t\t\t\tthat loved us.\u00a0\u00a0 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor\t\t\t\t\t principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to\t\t\t\t\tseparate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
\nEnjoy your next walk!
\n",
"content_text": "The photo above is a view on a walk I often take.\u00a0\u00a0 That is the Lafayette Reservoir nestling in golden California hills.\u00a0 In spring, they are dotted with the lavender of lupine bushes; in summer we see yellow-orange monkey-flower coloring the hills.\u00a0 Always these walks are prayer times.\u00a0 I like to just listen to what God is saying as I walk (not always easy, but a great discipline!)\u00a0 I often think of seven synonyms for God, and what they mean:\u00a0 Life, Truth, Love, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Mind.\u00a0 I ponder how man is the very expression of these God-names.\u00a0 For instance, as the expression of Love, man is loved, loving, and lovable.\u00a0 As the representative of Truth, man is pure, upright, whole, accurate, honest.\u00a0 As the image of Soul, man (and woman, of course!) is balanced, beautiful, harmonious.\u00a0 Man, as the likeness of Spirit, is spiritual!\u00a0 Substantial.\u00a0 Inspired.\u00a0 As the very idea of Principle, man is designed and governed by divine law, with his entire experience subject to the operation of\u00a0 Principle.\u00a0 As Mind’s representative, man is intelligent, conscious, alert.\u00a0 As Life’s manifestation, man is good, healthy, intact, divinely maintained.\u00a0 I find the basis for these ideas in Genesis 1: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…and God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.”\nI love remembering this altogether good man is inseparable from his altogether good source: Love itself.\u00a0 Nothing can come in to change that.\u00a0 This perfect defense is beautifully summed up in Romans 8: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation,\t\t\t\t\tor distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?….\u00a0 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him\t\t\t\t\tthat loved us.\u00a0\u00a0 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor\t\t\t\t\t principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to\t\t\t\t\tseparate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”\nEnjoy your next walk!",
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What would inspire folks to shelve their iPhones and computers for a week, wait (with extraordinary patience!) for long hours in line to camp out in a severe desert environment, pack in all food and water, and pack out all trash, enduring dirty fingernails and dusty feet?\u00a0 An annual event called Burning Man with these elements, and more, brought over 60,000 such folks together this year in a remote Nevada desert.\u00a0 The rules for the community are basic (and can be see in their entirety here: http://www.burningman.com/).\u00a0 In my reading of them, they are essentially a pragmatic statement of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)\u00a0 A unique element of Burning Man is its gift-based, rather than consumer-based economy.\u00a0 The only things for sale are ice and coffee, and the proceeds go to a charitable organization.\u00a0 Everyone that comes is expected to give something.\u00a0 Also part of this culture: extraordinary creativity, art, loud music, a markedly friendly and open/permissive atmosphere, and whimsical clothing (or sometimes none.)![\"P1250426\"](\"https://annalisakronmancs.sharethepractice.org/files/2013/10/P1250426.jpg\")
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