We love our Volunteers! — meet two of our readers We are so grateful to have a group of great volunteers this year, and we are especially grateful to all who help us with our Church services. Their dedication and their heart and soul offerings bring so much meaning to the healing atmosphere. It’s something the guests comment on quite … Read More
Remarks from our Summer Intern: Tony
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
Position Open: Director of Christian Science Nursing
We are happy to tell you that Sharon Strong has accepted the position of Fern Lodge Director of Christian Science Nursing Education. Many of you know and and respect Sharon as friend and as a Christian Science nurse who has a broad range of experience, including teaching Christian Science nursing courses in various locations, such as Fern Lodge, Chestnut Hill and El Arca, in … 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
Virtual Tour of Fern Lodge Rose Garden (2011)
This rose garden is meticulously taken care of by our own Ken Gourley, who will be sharing some of his insights into the roses seen here. In this picture (above), the prominent pink rose in full bloom just to the left of the large patch of white Dutch Iris is the “Strawberry Hill” rose. The softer pink rose on the … Read More
Fern Lodge Annual Meeting 2011
You may listen to the Annual Meeting below. The speakers are the following times: 4:30 Readings from Tom Port, Board Chair 8:30 Elizabeth Schwartz, Treasurer 11:30 George Strong, Administrator 19:30 Sharon Strong, Director of Christian Science Nursing 39:00 Main Speaker: Susan Breuer, C.S. Fern Lodge Annual Meeting 2011 from Brian Stock on Vimeo.
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