The possibilities of man
“Life is senseless, I have such a hard time even getting up in the morning. What is the point? What am I anyway?” Someone burdened her heart on me the other day – and I heard similar comments over the last week. Who are we to endure so many hardships every day? I thought about […]
Healing by Loving
You probably make the same experience: Some articles you read, stay with you. They have something that resonates with you – and they feed you and help you to grow. I have a collection of those articles, and the one, I am about to share with you, is one of them. “The trick of Life” […]
A Psalm of Life
Tell me not in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or […]
A restful, infinite day
The way we live our days is the way we live our lives. Someone said: Days are long and years are short. So what’s in a day? And what if we swapped the earth-seven-day-week for infinity today? Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “The numerals of infinity, called seven days, can never […]
Small steps
What is the next step? How do you find it? If today confronts you with the task to make a decision, to disentangle a complex problem, to tidy up your apartment, house or studio, to find the path from darkness to light, from mental confusion to spiritual peace? Sometimes I remember the insight of a […]
Sculpting your life
Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy is an extraordinary, wonderful book. I study it daily and I will never be “finished” with it. There are several pages I go back to again and again. One is page 248: The sculptor turns from the marble to his model in order to perfect his conception. We […]
The two ladies with the lamp
The name Florence Nightingale I learned from Mary Baker Eddy: “It is proverbial that Florence Nightingale and other philanthropists engaged in humane labors have been able to undergo without sinking fatigues and exposures which ordinary people could not endure. The explanation lies in the support which they derived from the divine law, rising above the […]
Love is large: A new translation of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians
The Bible continues to be evidently the most loved book in the world. It has been translated so far (as of date) into 3324 languages, and the number keeps growing. Thousands of editions offer Bibles in all sizes, bindings in all colours, artistic Bibles, academic Bibles, street Bibles, scholarly Bibles, Bible plans, Bible commentaries etc. […]
Praying for Afghanistan, continued
The praying for Afghanistan continues. As it does for other parts of the world – or of your world, for that matter. There is only one world, and in a very real way what matters to one matters to all. Spiritual development and human progress show increasingly the oneness of being and this is a […]
Praying for Afghanistan
I have stayed current with news about the situation in Kabul. When reading just another article on one of the news portals I check, I was overcome with discouragement and deep sadness. What a hopeless situation. You might know that many countries, the US, European countries like Germany and others, and Australia try to pull […]
God, the centre (A poem)
There is a long tradition of Christian poetry, which enriches, inspires, and at times dramatically enlarges humanity’s understanding of life. From the “Magnificat” in the Gospel of Luke, over early Christian hymns quoted by Paul in his letter to the Philippians, to the canticle of the sun by Saint Francis, poetry by Dante, Martin Luther’s […]
Oneness: To be at one with the light
One of the highlights of every week is, for me, the Wednesday evening meeting in our local branch church. People come together in the middle of the week to meet, to sing and pray, to share healing experiences – and to listen to a reading prepared by what we call the reader. Yesterday the topic […]
Love is here – no surprise!
I always thought that I am safe as long as there is Love. I experienced very important healings with this simple trust in God’s love, and I have never saw loving, forgiving, peacemaking fail, ever.I read this week again the famous chapter on “Love” from Paul’s first letter to the early Christian church in Corinth, […]
Staying home
For a few days I am with family and friends guest in a fabulous traditional farmhouse in Lower Saxony. It is a wonderful get together with much warmth and inspiring encounters. This morning we individually prayed for the world and came together later to share ideas. This farmhouse, beautifully renovated and run by Christian Scientists […]
Bowling with the First Commandment
Friends, family members and I went bowling some years ago. We ordered soft drinks, changed our shoes to bowling shoes – and ready, set, go! We decided to form two groups, competing with each other. The group that didn’t look good at all was my group – and it was because of me. I tried […]
The help triangle
This week my husband and I were invited by the Berlin city mission. The city mission helps homeless individuals, helps the marginalised, refugees, those in need of help, the lonely. It was founded in 1877 and is one of the many organisations to work for the benefit of all. The fitting motto of the city […]