“The Kingdom of Heaven: At Hand and Within”
An Address by: Joan Cawood Hellmund, C.S.
April 20, 2024
for The Christian Science Association of the Students of Allison W. Phinney, Jr., C.S.B.

Introduction:

  • Allison W. Phinney, Jr. “Stop trying to fix the pipes,” Christian Science Sentinel, March 17, 1986 editorial.

Section 1: Together with God

  • William Barclay. The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 2, Revised Edition, The Daily Study Bible Series. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1975.

    • Note: William Barclay has been quoted regularly in Bible Lens. You may access his multivolume commentary for free at: bibleportal.com (Click Commentaries, then William Barclay, Daily Study Bible, then specific Bible book and chapter.)

  • [Julia Johnston.] “The Power of God,” Elizabeth and Andy. Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1959, pp. 2-4.

Section 3: Cultivating Spiritual Sense

  • Allison W. Phinney, Jr. “Irrespective,” Christian Science Sentinel, October 13, 1986 editorial.

Section 4: Seeing through Animal Magnetism’s Suggestions – or how to deal with those pesky tares

  • Deborah Huebsch. “Practicing Christian Science in a medicalized culture,” The Christian Science Journal, August 2023.

    • Note: this is part of an occasional series in the Journal, Sentinel and Herald, correcting misconceptions about Christian Science that affect the practice of Christian Science.

  • J.B. Phillips. Romans 12: 2, The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Student Edition. New York: Touchstone Edition, Simon and Schuster, 1995.

  • “Democracy”, The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

  • Robert Peel. “The Manual and Organization,” The Christian Science Journal, July 1972.

  • Robert Peel. Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

    • Note: for quick references see the index under two topics: “Church of Christ, Scientist,” and “Democracy”, but whole book (and in fact whole trilogy) contain rich insights about our Leader, the church she founded and the basis of Christian Science teachings.

  • Benjamin Sturgis Pray. “The democracy of prayer,” The Christian Science Journal, July 1951. (Reprinted in The Herald of Christian Science, Spanish Edition, October 1976 and Christian Science Sentinel, February 20, 1978.)

  • John M. Brewer. Wellsprings of Democracy: Guidance for Local Societies. New York, Philosophical Library, 1952. (Still available in 2011 printing, and for free as an e-book.)

    • Note: this manuscript suggests many tools including Robert’s Rules of Order, and other approaches to strengthen democracy in churches and other local organizations, and thwart domination.

  • Mark Sappenfield, Editor. “The best way to fix a democracy,” The Christian Science Monitor Weekly, Week of April 8, 2024, p. 3.

Section Five: The Kingdom at Hand, More than Enough

  • C.S. Lewis. The Screwtape Letters (letter two). New York: The Macmillan Company, The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1962.

  • Yvonne Cache von Fettweis, Robert Townsend Warneck. Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer, Amplified Edition. Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 2009, pp.399-402.

Section 7: The Word

  • Jeannie Ferber. “Yearning to understand the Bible,” The Christian Science Journal, January 2024.

  • Adam H. Dickey. “Memoirs of Mary Baker Eddy,” We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Expanded Edition, Volume II. Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 2013, pp. 437-438.