This page is where I’ll be posting links to writings other than the three Volumes of First Lessons in Christian Science, found under the headings the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Lord’s Prayer.
For questions and answers on basic Christian Science, go to the Q&A page.
“How I Told My Kids the Truth about Santa without robbing them of the Joy of Christmas”
Introducing Children to the Concept of God
What Mary Baker Eddy Writes about Teaching Children
Teaching Children about the Golden Rule
Teaching Children the Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit – A Christian Science Perspective
Teaching Children about Angels
Teaching Children the 23rd Psalm
Becoming a Living Monument to the Ten Commandments
Teaching Children the Ten Commandments
The First Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Christian Science is Monotheistic; Basic Definition of ‘Other gods’; Who is ‘me’?; ‘Other gods’ and how they affect us; Disobedience to the First Commandment; Obeying the First Commandment’
Teaching Children the First Commandment
The Second Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Anthropomorphism; Idolatry; The ‘Graven Images’ of False Concepts; Worshipping God Spiritually]
Teaching Children the Second Commandment
The Third Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
Teaching Children the Third Commandment
The Fourth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Which Kind of Sabbath Should we Remember?; Historical Background; The Sabbath Falls Victim to Abuse; Jesus and the Sabbath Day; The Sabbath and the Early Christian Church; The Pendulum Swings Back and Forth; Exploring the Meaning of the Fourth Commandment in the Light of Christian Science; Church Attendance; The Coincidence of the Fourth Commandment and ‘Principle’ (one of the names for God used in Christian Science)]
Teaching Children the Fourth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; Jesus and the Fifth Commandment; Jesus Visits Jerusalem at Passover; The Wedding at Cana; Jesus Honors True Kinship; The Hypocrisy of Corban; Jesus and Mary at the Cross; Jesus and His Father]
Teaching Children the Fifth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; Jesus and the Sixth Commandment; Christian Science and the Sixth Commandment; What Does Christian Science Bring to the Understanding of the Sixth Commandment That is Unique: Does God Cause Death?; What is Death According to the Teachings of Christian Science?; What does Christian Science Teach About the Faulty Mortal Thinking or Sinful Qualities of Thought, That Tempt Men to Kill: What are Mary Baker Eddy’s Teachings on Suicide?; What are Mary Baker Eddy’s Teachings on War, Peace, and National Defense?]
Teaching Children the Sixth Commandment
The Seventh Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; Covenant with God; Betrothals and Adultery; Jesus and the Seventh Commandment; Early Christianity and the Seventh Commandment; Christian Science and the Seventh Commandment; The Moral Demand of the Seventh Commandment; Meeting the Moral Demands; Christian Science and Marriage; Dealing With the Temptation of Adultery]
Teaching Children the Seventh Commandment
The Eighth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; Jesus and the Eighth Commandment; Christian Science and the Eighth Commandment]
Teaching Children the Eighth Commandment
The Ninth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; The Ninth Commandment and the New Testament; Christian Science and the Ninth Commandment; Lies of the ‘Serpent’; Living the Christ, Truth; Judging Others; Spiritual Sense versus Physical Senses]
The Tenth Commandment – A Christian Science Perspective
[Includes sections: Biblical Background; Jesus and the New Testament; Christian Science and the Tenth Commandment; Envy; Greed; Lust; Wrong Desires]
Teaching Children the Ninth Commandment
Teaching Children the Tenth Commandment
War and Peace – a Christian Science Perspective
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 1 (Intro and Background)
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 2 (Our Father which art in heaven)
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 3 (Hallowed be thy name)
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 4 (Thy kingdom come)
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 5 (Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven)
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 6 (Give us this day our daily bread
Teaching Children the Lord’s Prayer, Part 7 (And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors)
First Lessons in Christian Science 