by Kevin Henneberger
I had the opportunity to participate in the CSO Summit over Labor Day, but as a TMC Youth intern, I was helping prepare for the event beforehand. And I found the days leading up to it incredibly helpful. Time was running out and the work was piling up, so we decided to start a prayer watch-each team member took a half an hour a day to pray specifically for the upcoming Summit. This was the first time that I’d actively prayed with other people, for an extended period of time, for one specific cause.
Since praying for more than five minutes was new to me, it was easy to pray about a lot of different things. In my half hour session, I included every aspect of the Summit I could think of-I prayed for the participants, the food, the transportation, the lecturers and speakers, the schedule, safety on the waterslide, and more. It left me feeling so excited and ready for it to start. The difficult preparation naturally started falling into place, too. It was so amazing to see Science working-with eight people praying (over four hours per day), how could I expect anything else?
by Owen Lubuya
Nearly everyday when I go to work at TMC Youth or the Records Management Department, I pass by The Mother Church. I have been looking at the architecture of the building for a while. But one day in late July, as I was looking at the architectural detail of both the original church edifice and the extension of The Mother Church, I realized that it’s really amazing when the minute details catch your attention.
The architectural work made me ponder deeply one of the synonyms of God: infinite Mind. Mind is all-knowing and He is aware of all the ideas that emanate from Him. Intelligence is an attribute of God and man in his true entity expresses this divine intelligence in various ways. Among those ways that this intelligence is expressed is through minute architectural details. It also made me think about the oneness of God with His creation. The beautiful and organized architectural work is not only found in the building of The Mother Church, but also in the design of the different offices on the church plaza-and of course in buildings throughout the city of Boston and the world!
by Chelsea Palm
I was raised in Christian Science so I’ve always known who Mary Baker Eddy was. But it was not until I reached Boston that I began to really learn more about her life and see what she went through.
I’ve begun to delve into biographies and have walked the Longyear exhibits over and over again, soaking up as much information as I can. On the surface I have learned more facts such as her birth date, who was in her family, when they were born, and the ages Mary was when she got married all 3 times. But it is the deeper research that is truly enlightening me and making me realize the struggle and perseverance that went into her life.
