Just before Christmas a blog titled ‘The Greatest Gift’ was posted on two UK websites. It stated that some religions shun present giving at Christmas time, citing Christian Science as an example of this and claiming that this was Mary Baker Eddy’s position, making her un-Christian. Read our response here.

Monday, June 8, marked the annual meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. This annual meeting was different from previous years – not just from a logistical perspective to ensure the virtual meeting went smoothly, but also the topics addressed, including the economic and public health crisis as well as global concerns about racial injustice.

Given the looming challenges the world faces—strife, corruption, climate crisis, health care costs—Christian Scientists at their church’s annual meeting in Boston reaffirmed their faith that the things of the Spirit are what the world most needs.

Four women, a Hindu, a Moslem, a Christian Scientist, and a Unitarian spoke to the question, "Can female leadership be a force for change and renewal in religion?" Lizzie Witney, Committee on Publication for South East England, gave a 15-minute talk on Mary Baker Eddy.

In light of severe weather conditions and ongoing fears surrounding global warming, it’s enlightening to reflect on how ‘on message’ the Christian Science pastor (Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by our founder, Mary Baker Eddy) is. 

Media reporting on religion in the United States often focuses on the challenges many denominations are having as their membership numbers have trended smaller. The following letter to the editor, sent to the Chicago Sun-Times, addresses this widespread concern.

Christian Scientists have lived and worshiped in communities around the world for over a century. This year, the thoughts, and earnest prayers, of our church’s members turned toward Ottawa, Canada, following the news in May of an assault in a Christian Science Reading Room which took the life of a fellow member (and for many of us, loved friend).

For many people today, the phrase “sending thoughts and prayers” has become a meaningless cliché. Christian Scientists’ annual meeting on June 4 offered the view that it doesn’t have to be that way.

Someone asked what the reason for my hope is. For me, God's saving presence is more than an innate optimism and merely hopeful religious thinking. It's a question of actual experience: my life - and the lives of others - radically altered by our experience of God.

I was fascinated by this ancient graffiti when I visited Jerusalem. The city itself is one of momentous history but also, I found, extraordinary vitality, making it an inspiring place to visit. Historically, it has often been a center of turmoil.

As people of many faiths, Christian Scientists take the Golden Rule as basic ethics. It guides our relations with society, and while we can’t claim to have been always perfect in this regard, we feel strongly about respecting the rights of our neighbors and fellow citizens, and not imposing our own religious choices on others.