Where We'll Be This Sunday

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

First Church of Christ, Scientist


Yes, it is a science.




I think that fundamentally we want the same thing. I think there's a yearning inside of us, a plug which wants nothing more than to be connected. I think that part of life, a big part - a majorly big part - is finding the right outlet. There is no correct outlet, only the right one.




Christian Science takes the bible, disects it down to it's subatomic particles, plugs it into an equation and spends a lifetime applying and solving for X. There's another book called Science and Health, by the woman who actually founded the movement, Mary Baker Eddy. The book is something of a companion to the bible in that the bible appeals to the right side of the brain and Science and Health interprets it for the left. During the service the lay readers read out loud, alternately, from the bible and from Science and Health and the listeners analyze the readings and figure out how to apply them personally. And so if you listen very carefully and allow your brain to wallow in the information being provided, perhaps you will leave the service neither heavy on the left nor heavy on the right but with a balanced understanding of the principles of this life.

3 comments:

P.H. said...

awesome photograph

Tracey said...

I love your passion and energy you put into your work. Stay focused and the world will know the Great Author Dawn Swann ( 84 ). His spirit lives in every word you write, Camper will guide your key strokes and your pen always in the right direction.I love you and keep up the outstanding work.

kris said...

I still can't get over what a vrilliant idea this is!