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\r\nA Book talk “THE RELEVANCY OF CHRISTIAN HEALING TODAY” will be presented by Anne Cooling at the Pacific Beach Church December 7th at 11:30am
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Come join the Encinitas Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair.![\"Tempimagex2vpe1\"](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2021/11/tempImageX2VPE1-scaled.jpg\")
goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.![\"Tempimageujws4z\"](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2021/11/tempImageUjws4z-scaled.jpg\")
Please come and be a part of this years community event where we can show proof of our utility!\u00a0 \u00a0This year we will also have live music in the garden from 1 until 4 by Relic Ruckus.\u00a0 They play oldies, folk, pop and country music.![\"Screenshot](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-07-15-at-6.27.45\u202fPM.png\")
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
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\n\n", "content_text": "Come join the Encinitas Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair.\n\u00a0 When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.\nOver the years we have become one of the fair’s most popular events with hundreds of kids and their parents in tow entering the Reading Room garden to play this game and have a day of Christian Science Sunday school learning the 7 synonyms of God as expressed in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.\nPlease come and be a part of this years community event where we can show proof of our utility!\u00a0 \u00a0This year we will also have live music in the garden from 1 until 4 by Relic Ruckus.\u00a0 They play oldies, folk, pop and country music.\n\nIf for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, \u00a0you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. \u00a0The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.\nSpread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. \u00a0You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 10 am PT.\u00a0 \u00a0To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week\u2019s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. \u00a0*Please note: we do not have church during the Street Fair, but we do have the Mother Church service playing on the computer in our quiet study room.\n\nPhone\u00a0(760) 753 4545\n912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024\nDriving Directions\nIf you would like to receive information\u00a0from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the\u00a0subscribe window. \u00a0It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your", "date_published": "2025-11-19T16:25:31-08:00", "date_modified": "2025-11-19T16:25:31-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "News" ] }, { "id": "https://mindheals.us/?p=5968", "url": "https://mindheals.us/2025/10/31/you-are-invited-to-the-garden-of-the-great-spirit-on-oct-31st-2-2/", "title": "Tonight, The Garden of the great Spirit \u2013 Fear not; be not afraid!", "content_html": "![\"Screen](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-09-at-12.35.19-PM-1-300x166.png\")
Please join us this year at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room on Halloween night for a walk through the \u201cGarden of the great Spirit\u201d![\"\ud83c\udf83\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f383.png\")
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Also, put Sunday, November 23rd on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. \u00a0When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.Please come and be a part of this community event. \u00a0If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, \u00a0you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. \u00a0The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
\n\nIf you would like to receive information\u00a0from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the\u00a0subscribe window. \u00a0It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your
\n\n", "content_text": "Please join us this year at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room on Halloween night for a walk through the \u201cGarden of the great Spirit\u201d\nYou are welcome to volunteer, also.\nOctober the 31st can conjure up many images and emotions, but we take this opportunity to reach out to the community and to bless all who attend. Each year this event has had a very large attendance. Both new and repeat guests are delighted to be greeted by friendly faces and big smiles as they make their way through the decorated garden. There are inspirational signs about Spirit that are shared by costumed greeters. One such visitor approached to say,\n\u201cI really feel the Spirt here. I realize I don\u2019t have to be afraid.\u201d For many, it may be their first introduction to know God as Spirit, and for others it may just be a peaceful respite from what can be a frightening evening, but everyone that comes through expresses gratitude either by word or smile. Some stop to ask questions about Christian Science, some take literature, but most of all we share messages of spiritual understanding and also a little fun and a sweet treat. Come and experience it for yourself this Halloween, as our Reading Room lifts everyone to a higher view as we welcome all to the Garden of the Great Spirit once again.\nPlease come and join us and be a part of blessing this great community.\nDon\u2019t forget your costume.\n\u00a0 Also, put Sunday, November 23rd on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. \u00a0When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.\nOver the years we have become one of the fair’s most popular events with hundreds of kids and their parents in tow entering the Reading Room garden to play this game and have a day of Christian Science Sunday school learning the 7 synonyms of God as expressed in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.\nPlease come and be a part of this community event. \u00a0If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, \u00a0you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. \u00a0The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.\nSpread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. \u00a0You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom\u00a0Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week\u2019s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. \u00a0*Please note: we do not have church during the Street Fair, but we do have the Mother Church service playing on the computer in our quiet study room.\n\nPhone\u00a0(760) 753 4545\n912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024\nDriving Directions\nIf you would like to receive information\u00a0from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the\u00a0subscribe window. \u00a0It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your", "date_published": "2025-10-31T16:09:54-07:00", "date_modified": "2025-10-30T17:10:37-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "News" ] }, { "id": "https://mindheals.us/?p=5965", "url": "https://mindheals.us/2025/10/30/you-are-invited-to-the-garden-of-the-great-spirit-on-oct-31st-2/", "title": "you are invited to \u201cThe Garden of the Great Spirit\u201d on Oct 31st, 2025", "content_html": "Please join us this year at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room on Halloween night for a walk through the \u201cGarden of the great Spirit\u201d Also, put Sunday, November 23rd on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. \u00a0When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.Please come and be a part of this community event. \u00a0If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, \u00a0you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. \u00a0The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
\n\nIf you would like to receive information\u00a0from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the\u00a0subscribe window. \u00a0It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your
\n\n", "content_text": "Please join us this year at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room on Halloween night for a walk through the \u201cGarden of the great Spirit\u201d\nYou are welcome to volunteer, also.\nOctober the 31st can conjure up many images and emotions, but we take this opportunity to reach out to the community and to bless all who attend. Each year this event has had a very large attendance. Both new and repeat guests are delighted to be greeted by friendly faces and big smiles as they make their way through the decorated garden. There are inspirational signs about Spirit that are shared by costumed greeters. One such visitor approached to say,\n\u201cI really feel the Spirt here. I realize I don\u2019t have to be afraid.\u201d For many, it may be their first introduction to know God as Spirit, and for others it may just be a peaceful respite from what can be a frightening evening, but everyone that comes through expresses gratitude either by word or smile. Some stop to ask questions about Christian Science, some take literature, but most of all we share messages of spiritual understanding and also a little fun and a sweet treat. Come and experience it for yourself this Halloween, as our Reading Room lifts everyone to a higher view as we welcome all to the Garden of the Great Spirit once again.\nPlease come and join us and be a part of blessing this great community.\nDon\u2019t forget your costume.\n\u00a0 Also, put Sunday, November 23rd on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. \u00a0When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.\nOver the years we have become one of the fair’s most popular events with hundreds of kids and their parents in tow entering the Reading Room garden to play this game and have a day of Christian Science Sunday school learning the 7 synonyms of God as expressed in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.\nPlease come and be a part of this community event. \u00a0If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, \u00a0you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. \u00a0The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.\nSpread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. \u00a0You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom\u00a0Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week\u2019s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. \u00a0*Please note: we do not have church during the Street Fair, but we do have the Mother Church service playing on the computer in our quiet study room.\n\nPhone\u00a0(760) 753 4545\n912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024\nDriving Directions\nIf you would like to receive information\u00a0from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the\u00a0subscribe window. \u00a0It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your", "date_published": "2025-10-30T17:02:43-07:00", "date_modified": "2025-10-30T17:02:43-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bill Blok", "url": "https://mindheals.us/author/billblok/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2789ad82624bc3bc785f4b231a56cb95820599d9c9c753db037ad2f33079a7b0?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "News" ] }, { "id": "https://mindheals.us/?p=5931", "url": "https://mindheals.us/2025/09/18/a-light-in-the-darkness-overcoming-an-accident-with-spiritual-truth-read-the-new-sential-artical-effects-of-accident-overcome-by-marsha-pecaut-cs/", "title": "A Light in the Darkness: Overcoming an Accident with Spiritual Truth \u2013 Read the new Sential artical, Effects of accident overcome, by Marsha Pecaut, CS.", "content_html": "\n\nHave you ever faced a physical challenge that felt insurmountable? When a mountain biking accident left Marsha with significant injuries, she had a choice: focus on the pain or focus on the healing power of God.\u00a0\u00a0
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\n\nSimilarly, when difficulties seem to block our spiritual light, we must remember that they are only illusions, incapable of altering divine reality. The Christ is always present, always shining with divine light.
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The good old days
By James Spencer
From the December 2016 issue of The Christian Science Journal
A friend of mine told me, after a church service, that he had formerly been a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, in the Midwest. Everyone there knew of a woman who had come to a service painfully lame, leaning on a cane, and left the service completely well. He said she hadn\u2019t known anything about Christian Science at the time. That was in the early days of the Christian Science movement, and my friend said with awe: \u201cThat\u2019s the way it used to be. Those were the good old days!\u201d Then he said sadly, \u201cThose days are gone.\u201d
\u201cBut they\u2019re not gone,\u201d I told him. \u201cChristian Science, Divine Science, the Comforter, is no different today!\u201d I quoted a familiar passage to him from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\u2014a passage that shelves forever the \u201cgood old days\u201d syndrome, where its author, Mary Baker Eddy, writes: \u201cIt is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good\u201d (p. 494).
\r\n\r\n“Even in our everyday experience, we would never believe the principle of mathematics to be less viable or available today than in the \u201cgood old days.\u201d……..
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That universal, divine power has its source in God, divine Principle. That power, so freely and fully demonstrated by Christ Jesus, is actually God\u2019s timeless law of good that reforms and restores those in need of healing. The Master\u2019s mission didn\u2019t terminate with time, because God, infinite, eternal Love, doesn\u2019t stop being Love. And spiritual law doesn\u2019t stop being law. Even in our everyday experience, we would never believe the principle of mathematics to be less viable or available today than in the \u201cgood old days.\u201d And that\u2019s what I told my friend.
True, if a mathematician stops taking the study of math seriously, stops consistently applying the math he knows, decides not to go forward to pursue higher forms of mathematics, or is diverted from his study and application by a flood of activities, there probably won\u2019t be much progress in his understanding of mathematical operations and the relationship between numbers and the principle of math. That, however, could not destroy, or even attenuate, the law of mathematics. But it would undoubtedly make a significant impact on the mathematician and his ability to serve those in need of the science of numbers. ![\"Screen](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-12.18.51-PM.png\")
Mrs. Eddy draws an interesting comparison between Christ\u2019s practical Christianity and mathematics when she writes, referring to relying on divine Principle, God: \u201cIf we work to become Christians as honestly and as directly upon a divine Principle, and adhere to the rule of this Principle as directly as we do to the rule of mathematics, we shall be Christian Scientists, and do more than we are now doing, and progress faster than we are now progressing\u201d (Christian Healing, pp. 8\u20139).
The perfect, timeless law of good to which we need to apply ourselves is the law of the divine Principle, Love\u2014the Science that governs God\u2019s universe, maintaining the harmony and order of His infinite creation. The Psalmist said: \u201cThe law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul\u201d (Psalms 19:7).
Divine Science, the Holy Ghost, is ever operative and ever effective.
One reason the healings attributed to \u201cthe good old days\u201d might seem a thing of the past is that there does appear to be increased resistance to the study and application of Christian Science, brought about partly by the antagonism of materialism to things of the Spirit, by ignorance of what Christian Science is, and by a misconception of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy. The basis of the resistance is the age-old belief in a power and presence apart from God. It has been given many names in the Bible: Lucifer, deceiver, antichrist, liar, adversary, serpent\u2014to mention just a few. This impersonal, lawless antagonism changes its name and method from year to year, and from moment to moment. It claims to be something when it is actually nothing. But the subtlety of it is that its claim often tempts one to believe in its somethingness. It could be likened to darkness, which is only the absence of light, although the darkness may seem very real to one who has lost the path of light. Jesus was well aware of such temptation, and called it \u201ca liar, and the father of it\u201d (John 8:44). The liar even tried to tempt Jesus to believe that it was his own thinking (see Matthew 4:1\u201311).![\"Screen](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-12.18.33-PM.png\")
Despite the remarkable success of Jesus\u2019 mission, he still had to deal with the constant heaviness of the world\u2019s resistance. It culminated in the final attempt to destroy him through the crucifixion. But hatred, envy\u2014material mindedness\u2014couldn\u2019t terminate the effect of his God-mission. His disciples continued to do good works, though they also had to handle the resistance to Truth and Love. And so must we. The Master gave us this admonition: \u201cWhosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple\u201d (Luke 14:27).
The Christian Science textbook explains: \u201cThe real cross, which Jesus bore up the hill of grief, was the world\u2019s hatred of Truth and Love\u201d (p. 50). I have often felt that the same type of resistance aimed at the Christ, the power and presence of divine Love that Jesus so fully expressed, is the figurative cross we bear today. It often appears as a relentless, patient, silent, systematic, ongoing presentation of materialism, projected before individuals generally or to some individuals specifically. Not everyone picks up or is aware of the suggestions, but everyone is subjected to them. Persistent spiritual alertness, purity of thought, unselfed love, and an understanding of the actual allness of divine Mind, resists the suggestions, or enables one to be completely immune to them.
The opportunity is ever available to neutralize the aggressive arguments and resistance to Truth, to uncover and remove the diversions that would aggressively attempt to tamp down the practical progress of the Cause of Christian Science. The opportunity is right at hand to defeat the false sense that attempts to delay and reverse the advancement of spiritual good in the individual Christian Scientist. The success of both the beginner and the seasoned worker is assured as each becomes aware of the guidance and comforting love of divine Love, our Father-Mother God. No one can actually be separated or isolated from the comfort and care provided by the loving ministrations of divine Science, the Holy Comforter.
Science and Health explains: \u201cThe real man being linked by Science to his Maker, mortals need only turn from sin and lose sight of mortal selfhood to find Christ, the real man and his relation to God, and to recognize the divine sonship\u201d (p. 316).![\"Screen](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-12.18.08-PM.png\")
Mortals are the direct contradiction, the counterfeit, the non\u2013image and likeness, of Spirit, God. Christ, the real, ideal man, is the direct image and likeness, the self-expression, of divine Mind, the all-knowing God. I have found much inspiration in the realization that as mortals recognize, accept, and understand the real man that Jesus exemplified, this humble acceptance and understanding unfolds the Science of Christ to consciousness. This Christ Science operates as law, with the reliability of law, and heals all manner of sickness and sin today as it did in Jesus\u2019 day.
The Science of being that demonstrates our eternal life in God, Life, is here for everyone. But it needs to be understood and practiced.
Here is how one individual turned to this Science when faced with a very pressing need. \u201cIn my country,\u201d he related, \u201cif you want to renew or update a prescription for your glasses, it\u2019s mandatory that you see a medical doctor. I had just gone to one to have him give me an eye exam. He diagnosed a cataract in my left eye, and told me I needed to have a surgical operation right away, as the cataract was increasing. I didn\u2019t have the surgery. I asked a Christian Science practitioner for treatment about it. After a short time, I felt free and discontinued treatment. Some time later, I returned to the doctor for the mandatory examination. His answer was that I would never need surgery, as the eye and vision were normal. The healing has been permanent.\u201d
The practitioner prayed to see, or understand, the ideal man as the creative self-expression of God. It became evident to the practitioner that true vision is the outcome of clear spiritual understanding. Even in our everyday experience, when we don\u2019t understand something, we might say, \u201cI just can\u2019t see it.\u201d Then when the understanding comes we say, \u201cNow I see it clearly.\u201d Divine Mind perfectly knows, sees, understands, all, because it knows itself and its perfection. Therefore, for divine Mind to know is for divine Mind to see\u2014and for man to know, because he reflects Mind, is for man to see, because he reflects Mind. ![\"Screen](\"https://mindheals.us/files/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-12.17.49-PM.png\")
It was clear to the practitioner that human vision is no more dependent on a material eye when we\u2019re awake, than when we seem to see objects when we\u2019re asleep. The practitioner had a clear perception that man is not mortal, but immortal, spiritual, perfect, and whole; that spiritual man, the ideal man, is eternally governed by divine law. Every law of divine Principle that governs the spiritual idea, man, is effective right here and now, as Jesus proved by healing all manner of sickness. The practitioner understood that a medical diagnosis couldn\u2019t outline a course of development for the patient, that it had no authority to dominate, or to impose an outcome. Resistance to the timeless, healing Christ couldn\u2019t delay or obviate the present operation of spiritual law. Divine Science, the Holy Ghost, is ever operative and ever effective.
The fact is, we actually live in the eternal now of God\u2019s ever-presence. Therefore, this healing, and every Christian Science healing, teaches us not to look longingly to the past. This brings the assurance that the \u201cgood old days\u201d are truly the \u201cgood present days,\u201d and are a promise of all the days to come!
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\r\n", "content_text": "Come join us for Music, a free BBQ, fun and memories of days gone by at the:\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you can, let us know you are coming.\u00a0 There should be plenty of food and refreshments contact Bill at 541 753 6395 to RSVP and for more information\r\n\r\nMusic provided by\r\nThe group\u2019s name is Relic Ruckus and they play oldies, folk, pop and country music.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\nAnd if you have not ready, take a minute and read this thought provoking article by James Spencer in the Christian Science Journal where he discounts the idea that the “good old days” of Christian Science healing is a thing of the past.\r\n\r\nThe good old daysBy James SpencerFrom the December 2016 issue of The Christian Science Journal\r\nA friend of mine told me, after a church service, that he had formerly been a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, in the Midwest. Everyone there knew of a woman who had come to a service painfully lame, leaning on a cane, and left the service completely well. He said she hadn\u2019t known anything about Christian Science at the time. That was in the early days of the Christian Science movement, and my friend said with awe: \u201cThat\u2019s the way it used to be. Those were the good old days!\u201d Then he said sadly, \u201cThose days are gone.\u201d \u201cBut they\u2019re not gone,\u201d I told him. \u201cChristian Science, Divine Science, the Comforter, is no different today!\u201d I quoted a familiar passage to him from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\u2014a passage that shelves forever the \u201cgood old days\u201d syndrome, where its author, Mary Baker Eddy, writes: \u201cIt is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good\u201d (p. 494).\r\n\r\n“Even in our everyday experience, we would never believe the principle of mathematics to be less viable or available today than in the \u201cgood old days.\u201d……..\r\n\r\nThat universal, divine power has its source in God, divine Principle. That power, so freely and fully demonstrated by Christ Jesus, is actually God\u2019s timeless law of good that reforms and restores those in need of healing. The Master\u2019s mission didn\u2019t terminate with time, because God, infinite, eternal Love, doesn\u2019t stop being Love. And spiritual law doesn\u2019t stop being law. Even in our everyday experience, we would never believe the principle of mathematics to be less viable or available today than in the \u201cgood old days.\u201d And that\u2019s what I told my friend. True, if a mathematician stops taking the study of math seriously, stops consistently applying the math he knows, decides not to go forward to pursue higher forms of mathematics, or is diverted from his study and application by a flood of activities, there probably won\u2019t be much progress in his understanding of mathematical operations and the relationship between numbers and the principle of math. That, however, could not destroy, or even attenuate, the law of mathematics. But it would undoubtedly make a significant impact on the mathematician and his ability to serve those in need of the science of numbers. Mrs. Eddy draws an interesting comparison between Christ\u2019s practical Christianity and mathematics when she writes, referring to relying on divine Principle, God: \u201cIf we work to become Christians as honestly and as directly upon a divine Principle, and adhere to the rule of this Principle as directly as we do to the rule of mathematics, we shall be Christian Scientists, and do more than we are now doing, and progress faster than we are now progressing\u201d (Christian Healing, pp. 8\u20139). The perfect, timeless law of good to which we need to apply ourselves is the law of the divine Principle, Love\u2014the Science that governs God\u2019s universe, maintaining the harmony and order of His infinite creation. The Psalmist said: \u201cThe law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul\u201d (Psalms 19:7).Divine Science, the Holy Ghost, is ever operative and ever effective.One reason the healings attributed to \u201cthe good old days\u201d might seem a thing of the past is that there does appear to be increased resistance to the study and application of Christian Science, brought about partly by the antagonism of materialism to things of the Spirit, by ignorance of what Christian Science is, and by a misconception of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy. The basis of the resistance is the age-old belief in a power and presence apart from God. It has been given many names in the Bible: Lucifer, deceiver, antichrist, liar, adversary, serpent\u2014to mention just a few. This impersonal, lawless antagonism changes its name and method from year to year, and from moment to moment. It claims to be something when it is actually nothing. But the subtlety of it is that its claim often tempts one to believe in its somethingness. It could be likened to darkness, which is only the absence of light, although the darkness may seem very real to one who has lost the path of light. Jesus was well aware of such temptation, and called it \u201ca liar, and the father of it\u201d (John 8:44). The liar even tried to tempt Jesus to believe that it was his own thinking (see Matthew 4:1\u201311).Despite the remarkable success of Jesus\u2019 mission, he still had to deal with the constant heaviness of the world\u2019s resistance. It culminated in the final attempt to destroy him through the crucifixion. But hatred, envy\u2014material mindedness\u2014couldn\u2019t terminate the effect of his God-mission. His disciples continued to do good works, though they also had to handle the resistance to Truth and Love. And so must we. The Master gave us this admonition: \u201cWhosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple\u201d (Luke 14:27). The Christian Science textbook explains: \u201cThe real cross, which Jesus bore up the hill of grief, was the world\u2019s hatred of Truth and Love\u201d (p. 50). I have often felt that the same type of resistance aimed at the Christ, the power and presence of divine Love that Jesus so fully expressed, is the figurative cross we bear today. It often appears as a relentless, patient, silent, systematic, ongoing presentation of materialism, projected before individuals generally or to some individuals specifically. Not everyone picks up or is aware of the suggestions, but everyone is subjected to them. Persistent spiritual alertness, purity of thought, unselfed love, and an understanding of the actual allness of divine Mind, resists the suggestions, or enables one to be completely immune to them. The opportunity is ever available to neutralize the aggressive arguments and resistance to Truth, to uncover and remove the diversions that would aggressively attempt to tamp down the practical progress of the Cause of Christian Science. The opportunity is right at hand to defeat the false sense that attempts to delay and reverse the advancement of spiritual good in the individual Christian Scientist. The success of both the beginner and the seasoned worker is assured as each becomes aware of the guidance and comforting love of divine Love, our Father-Mother God. No one can actually be separated or isolated from the comfort and care provided by the loving ministrations of divine Science, the Holy Comforter.Science and Health explains: \u201cThe real man being linked by Science to his Maker, mortals need only turn from sin and lose sight of mortal selfhood to find Christ, the real man and his relation to God, and to recognize the divine sonship\u201d (p. 316).Mortals are the direct contradiction, the counterfeit, the non\u2013image and likeness, of Spirit, God. Christ, the real, ideal man, is the direct image and likeness, the self-expression, of divine Mind, the all-knowing God. I have found much inspiration in the realization that as mortals recognize, accept, and understand the real man that Jesus exemplified, this humble acceptance and understanding unfolds the Science of Christ to consciousness. This Christ Science operates as law, with the reliability of law, and heals all manner of sickness and sin today as it did in Jesus\u2019 day. The Science of being that demonstrates our eternal life in God, Life, is here for everyone. But it needs to be understood and practiced. Here is how one individual turned to this Science when faced with a very pressing need. \u201cIn my country,\u201d he related, \u201cif you want to renew or update a prescription for your glasses, it\u2019s mandatory that you see a medical doctor. I had just gone to one to have him give me an eye exam. He diagnosed a cataract in my left eye, and told me I needed to have a surgical operation right away, as the cataract was increasing. I didn\u2019t have the surgery. I asked a Christian Science practitioner for treatment about it. After a short time, I felt free and discontinued treatment. Some time later, I returned to the doctor for the mandatory examination. His answer was that I would never need surgery, as the eye and vision were normal. The healing has been permanent.\u201d The practitioner prayed to see, or understand, the ideal man as the creative self-expression of God. It became evident to the practitioner that true vision is the outcome of clear spiritual understanding. Even in our everyday experience, when we don\u2019t understand something, we might say, \u201cI just can\u2019t see it.\u201d Then when the understanding comes we say, \u201cNow I see it clearly.\u201d Divine Mind perfectly knows, sees, understands, all, because it knows itself and its perfection. Therefore, for divine Mind to know is for divine Mind to see\u2014and for man to know, because he reflects Mind, is for man to see, because he reflects Mind. It was clear to the practitioner that human vision is no more dependent on a material eye when we\u2019re awake, than when we seem to see objects when we\u2019re asleep. The practitioner had a clear perception that man is not mortal, but immortal, spiritual, perfect, and whole; that spiritual man, the ideal man, is eternally governed by divine law. Every law of divine Principle that governs the spiritual idea, man, is effective right here and now, as Jesus proved by healing all manner of sickness. The practitioner understood that a medical diagnosis couldn\u2019t outline a course of development for the patient, that it had no authority to dominate, or to impose an outcome. Resistance to the timeless, healing Christ couldn\u2019t delay or obviate the present operation of spiritual law. Divine Science, the Holy Ghost, is ever operative and ever effective. The fact is, we actually live in the eternal now of God\u2019s ever-presence. Therefore, this healing, and every Christian Science healing, teaches us not to look longingly to the past. This brings the assurance that the \u201cgood old days\u201d are truly the \u201cgood present days,\u201d and are a promise of all the days to come!\r\n \r\n\r\nYou are also invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom\u00a0Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can send a link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week\u2019s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. \u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPhone\u00a0(760) 753 4545\r\n912 S. 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