Susan Jostyn, C.S. - Christian Science Practitioner

12/19/2025

Creating church communities that deeply care and _provide_ for each other is a compelling alternative to “the great de-churching”.

The defining problem driving people out is ... just how American life works in the 21st century.

12/14/2025

Some sources for jumpstarting your prayers for the world and yourself.

Praying for our world can seem like more than we can take on when we're facing challenges in our own lives. But as we open our hearts to our neighbors’ needs, we in turn feel the infinite love of God that lifts us all. Here you can access inspirational content that supports your prayers for yourse...

12/13/2025

“I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth's appearing.” ~Mary Baker Eddy

Early in 1906, The Ladies' Home Journal asked Mary Baker Eddy if she would prepare an article on the meaning of Christmas for its December issue. She agreed to do so, but it wasn't until December 1907 that the article made its appearance in that magazine. It was then reprinted in the Decem...

12/12/2025

Each of us can “…be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.” (Isaiah 32:2) Feel free to ask me about how you can do this too.

12/11/2025

“Be kindly affectioned one to another… rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer… be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:10, 12, 21).

12/10/2025

Be “moved with compassion”. That is what moved Jesus and what makes the world a better place. (Matt. 14:14)

12/07/2025

God said, “Let there be light: and there was light”. Let there be justice. Let there be intelligence. Let there be individuality, spirit, goodness, growth, honesty, grace, love…

11/27/2025

Deeply grateful for what God is and does. “One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfils the Scripture, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself;’ annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry, — whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.” (SH 340:23)

11/21/2025

"May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (I Thess. 5:23)

11/19/2025

Beliefs about God influence preferences re: national, local, and church government. “Jesus’ life proved, divinely and scientifically, that God is Love…” while others “affirmed God to be a mighty potentate, who loves and hates” (SH42). I’m looking for consistently compassionate and merciful (scientifically loving) governance. You?

11/10/2025

Being “chosen” doesn’t justify pride, indifference, or disdain toward others. It calls for humility, kindness, and unity. “…as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.” (I Colossians 3:12-15)