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Originally aired October 3, 2016 on Sentinel Watch

Mary Baker Eddy writes with care on this issue in Science and Health. The fact that she begins the statement you cite with “To heal by argument …” might provide a clue as to the answer.

Live audio chat with David Hohle, C.S.B.

The local evening news reported the gang-related shooting deaths of two more children in my city, echoing a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor with this ominous title: “Chicago police use more deadly force as gang war heats up” (July 25). It’s not uncommon here for...

Does time really heal all wounds? Actually, time can’t do it. Something else is required for healing. For instance, did you know that: The current trouble in Northern Ireland began 450 years ago? Communities in the mid-Southern US still deal with the after-effects of slavery, and...

Writer Nicholas Kristof shed light on the problems of modern slavery and human trafficking in a recent New York Times commentary, “A woman. A prostitute. A slave.” He writes, “No one has a clear idea of the scale of the problem… [but] it’s hugely...

Recently, the Chinese government has issued several statements expressing frustration with, among other things, U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and President Obama’s planned meeting with the long-exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama. Of course the U.S. State Department is responding...

The effects of the recent global financial crisis reach into nearly every home and touch average citizens in ways they seem to have little influence on. One group particularly hard hit includes many retirees, and those close to retirement. Alarming front-page headlines tell about...

I was changing planes when I saw the first television images on the airport monitor. Even without sound it was clear that something dramatic and unfortunate was unfolding somewhere in the world. Every few minutes the graphic on the screen updated a tally next to the word...

In the months following Hurricane Katrina, the levees around New Orleans were speedily reconstructed. But recent aerial photos of these levees show evidence of serious flaws. Several studies, including a National Science Foundation report as well as a $20-million investigation...