What's it all about?

Since it's the beginning of a new semester, I've been thinking about the CSO-- its purpose, its freshness, and its vitality. One of the questions that has been echoing around in my head has been "What is it makes a CSO a CSO?" Is it regular meetings? Is it the number of Science and Healths distributed? Is it the number of lectures you have? Certainly not, I would say. To me, the CSO is evidence of Christ, present and active on campus. It's the manifestation of that constant communication between God and man, that search for Truth, and that constant divine Love speaking to every single individual, regardless of age, race, "religion", major, college, etc. The CSO doesn't bring God, or Christ to campus-- it's already here, always has been and always will be. CSO activities (be they lectures, meetings, or simple conversations with friends) have one mission: to help us all to see, to understand, and celebrate that divine presence.

It's easy to feel like there's no room for CSO and Christian Science on campus. There's no interest, there's no place, no one will come, etc. But it seems to me that every evidence of Christliness-- of love, compassion, intelligence, goodness, etc.-- is evidence that the Christ is here and active. Celebrating pure spiritual goodness on campus is CSO activity-- and it opens the doors for so much more.