You have to hand it to British comedian Ricky Gervais, he is nothing if not an equal opportunities offender. At the Golden Globe awards he managed to insult the cream of Hollywood Society. But Ricky Gervais also has another string to his bow. He is an atheist. There is nothing wrong with holding that conviction [...]
At Christmas time, celebrating the birth of the infant Jesus, it is natural to think about children. Even in more secular celebrations of Christmas, centred around gift-giving, children tend to be the main focus of attention. Many parents around the world feel that Christian Science is among the greatest gifts they have been able to [...]
There is a really cool, jazzy video of the nativity doing the rounds on Facebook. It has already been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube…three of them by me! In case you have missed it, here is The Digital Story of the Nativity: I crack up each time I see that click on the [...]
Next in a “100 years on, and still going strong” series, we follow our 100 reflections appreciation of Mary Baker Eddy’s life and ideas 100 years after her passing with a glance back to an article from earlier this decade… A few years ago, Radcliffe Biography Series author of Mary Baker Eddy, Gillian Gill, shared some of [...]
“The Nativity” – which airs in half-hour segments on BBC 1 at 7pm from Monday December 20 to Thursday December 23 - is a drama that is beautifully filmed and acted. It has a classy screenplay by award-winning East Enders and Life on Mars writer Tony Jordan which, you could say, is ably adapted from an original script by…God! [...]
Today’s blog is written by a new – and very welcome! – addition to the staff of our London Office of Christian Science Committees on Publication, Assistant District Manager Clare Harwood. Oyez, oyez, oyez! It wasn’t always a happy lot for the town crier of old. His role in Medieval England was to make public [...]
My 100th blog as media and legislative representative for the Christian Science movement in the UK and the Republic of Ireland happens to coincide with a much more significant 100th anniversary commemoration. It is 100 years today (December 3, 2010) since the passing of Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science. What is [...]
Susan Thomas, the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Surrey was the guest on “Sunday Viewpoint” on Brooklands FM last week. She shared her thoughts about a different kind of faith, one that is based on spiritual law and a track record of experience, not on blind hope or resignation to the will of an [...]
This is an excerpt from a blog by my colleague from Washington State, Bill Scott. His blog was entitled “My friend, Bob the atheist” so I thought of entitling my article “Bill and Bob” but it sounded a bit too much like “Bill and Ben…the Flower-Pot Men” (Folks from the UK over 40 years old [...]
It was an indication of Britain’s still-vigorous religious life to see so many people turn out for Pope Benedict’s beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman on the last day of his visit to the United Kingdom. The Roman Catholic faithful left cosy homes in the middle of the night to trek to a cold and [...]
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