Special community Thanksgiving service  

“Gratitude and love should abide in every heart each day of all the years.” —Mary Baker Eddy
Please join us for a special community Thanksgiving church service — a time to share ideas and inspiration that comfort, heal, and lead to a deeper understanding of God’s goodness.

Thanksgiving Day Service 10-11am
  • In Person:  3045 Cowper Street, Palo Alto CA 94306
  • Online:  Zoom link

The Climate Generation – born into crisis, building solutions
 – a series from the Christian Science Monitor published here.

Climate change is driving a global youth revolution Climate change is shaping a mindset revolution – powerfully driving innovation and progress. And young people are leading the transformation. Read the series here. Or come into the Palo Alto Christian Science Reading Room (459 California Ave, Palo Alto 94306) and ask for your free copy from this series.

Podcasts

Biblical solutions to climate change—really? (30 minutes)

Bible speaker, Madelon Maupin, explains that portions of the Bible can actually be considered a guidebook on how to deal with climate change. 

Prayer and the environment: Spiritual solutions for a healthy planet (74 minutes)

In this audio chat, Ron Ballard, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science, explores how a change in the climate of our thought can help us all make a difference in purifying and restoring the planet.

Articles 

Renewal for the whole Earth

Curtis Wahlberg considers what it will take for the renewal that really secures a healthy environment.

How are you praying about wildfires?

Several members from the Christian Science church in South Lake Tahoe, California, share some of the prayerful insights that came to them when fires tore through their area.

God’s grasp of the universe and the weather

A grass fire had started. It was out of control, and my friend needed help.
Jeffrey Clements

Drought conditions and earnest prayer

Aaron Dyer shares how he prayed about drought in the lower panhandle of Texas.

In this article, the author was surprised to learn something new from his Sunday School student about where we find good – that proved to be a cornerstone insight.
Read the full article here.

In this article the author takes on the issue of financial insecurity and some of the bigger questions that raises.

“A client burst into tears on the phone.” I heard a banker describe this recently and wondered how much this might be happening these days with current economic conditions rough for so many. It was touching to hear how the banker responded. He assured the client financial assistance was available, and then offered to keep them in his prayers, which the client gratefully welcomed….”

Read the full article here.


Have you ever considered that the way you consume the news has an impact on the world? It can be tempting to respond in an emotional way or not engage at all, because what you hear is too distressing. But we’re each in a position to nudge ourselves and our community at large to a better place. Journalist Rachael Myrow spoke with host Tony Lobl about how she works to do that in her chosen career and as a news consumer herself. Listen to the complete interview here.

Your specific support of the spiritual sense of each individual is a powerful and direct help.

Unity

“Spiritual sense can inspire a right decision that brings safety and peace to that moment.”

History has certainly included a lot of conflict and war. At the same time, there have also always been individuals, groups, and nations advocating for peace and diplomacy, as well as greater understanding and patience regarding national and international differences. ….read the article here

Is there a peace that is a positive, enduring presence, and not just a lull between violent outbreaks?
How do we access it when we’re afraid or discouraged?

To the prophet, peace wasn’t simply the absence of conflict—a quiet or stillness. Peace was an irresistible, cool, and
steady force that nourished all life. It revived the depleted and dispirited. Unaffected by human boundaries, it coursed
through the nations, connecting them and sustaining them with the same living waters. Most important, it came from God.

It was a powerful image for an arid land. To the prophet, peace wasn’t simply the absence of conflict—a quiet or stillness.
Peace was an irresistible, cool, and steady force that nourished all life. It revived the depleted and dispirited.
Unaffected by human boundaries, it coursed through the nations, connecting them and sustaining them with the
same living waters. Most important, it came from God.

Peace like a river (see Isaiah 66:12) doesn’t evaporate with the end of the Christmas season after we’ve packed
away holiday decorations and gotten back to the business of the new year. “On earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14)
continues to flow through our thoughts and lives and communities. But because it is a spiritual power,
it requires spiritual discernment to recognize it and draw from it healing and restoration. 

Drink in the full article here – by Robin Hoagland, published by the Christian Science Sentinel magazine.

“…One night after I had moved to a new state and was feeling a bit adrift, I asked God to show me a more satisfying approach to Bible study. God had provided a surprising and comprehensive answer to my brief prayer for a more satisfying approach to studying the Bible. But His answer did not stop there….read all of her story here