Meet Tony, a summer intern from Principia College My name is Anthony Ackah-Nyanzu. I come from Ghana, and I now live in Elsah, Illinois, attending Principia College. I will be starting my junior year this coming fall with a double major in Computer Science and Economics. It was the Spring quarter, and as usual I had to decide where I … Read More
Seven Days of Creation Destroy Mortality
[:en]By Brian Stock Reading the Bible literally, we might consider the first chapter of Genesis to be a miraculous tale of the creation of the universe in seven days by a distant tribal deity. Yet Mary Baker Eddy’s writings shed a great deal of light on how to approach this first chapter in the Bible. She asks early in her … Read More
Construction News
THIS POSTING WILL BE UPDATED AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES. The drawing on the above shows the architect’s rendition of the new Fern Lodge entrance. Through the extended periods of heavy rain, we have kept this drawing close at hand to remind us of the goal we are working toward. The other two photos below show the present state of the … Read More
“Living Eternal Life” —our annual meeting topic
We asked guests at Fern Lodge if they would like to share ideas about “Living Eternal Life.” They replied: Eternal Life • …is our true consciousness. • …is living in the grace of God’s consciousness. • …is infinite good appearing in one’s life and as one’s life because of our focus on God’s ever-present good as the only reality. • … Read More
A perspective on “Living Eternal Life”
By Brian Stock This year’s Fern Lodge annual meeting will consider the topic, “Living Eternal Life.” We invite our readers to prayerfully consider this idea with us. At the conclusion of the Passover meal, Jesus lifted up his eyes in prayer towards heaven and said, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and … Read More
Two Christian Science Nurses — newly listed in The Christian Science Journal
We are grateful to share with you the wonderful news that two of the Fern Lodge Christian Science nurses recently were approved to advertise their services in The Christian Science Journal. This was especially joyous for us because both of these loving and inspired individuals came to Fern Lodge from Peru in order to complete our Christian Science Nursing Education … Read More
Gratitude for our Staff
from George Strong, Administrator The Fern Lodge Focus and our website, https://fernlodge.org, give us an opportunity to share with you insights into our work in the healing ministry of Christian Science nursing. In our last issue, some of the Christian Science nurses on our staff told what brought them into Christian Science nursing. Now we will let some of the … Read More
Construction Update
As reported in our May Focus, Fern Lodge has plans for construction of a new entrance and reception area for the Christian Science Nursing building at the facility and for a significant addition to our parking lot. In conversations with the Alameda County Building Department and our neighbors on Madison Avenue, we learned that the original plan for the new … Read More
Introducing the Staff
The Fern Lodge staff is a dedicated and hard-working family. We would like to introduce them to you, and we’ll begin with a very brief overview of the loving and inspired individuals who serve here as Christian Science nurses. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Tagalog, Chinese and Japanese — remarkably, these are the languages our Christian Science nurses speak! … Read More
The Pearl of Great Price
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” — Christ Jesus Healings in Christian Science help us rediscover the pearl of great price. From time to time we will share articles that highlight the role … Read More