During my sophomore year in high school, my mother, the only member of my family who was a student of Christian Science, was healed of cancer through Christian Science treatment. At the time, I was taking a class preparing me to join a mainline Christian denomination. Her healing, however, impelled me to learn about Christian Science.
I began going to the local Christian Science church with my mother and enrolled in the Sunday School. What I learned made sense to me, so I continued going for the remainder of my high school years.
At the urging of both my Sunday School teacher and my mother, I applied for membership in The Mother Church and was accepted. They felt that membership would be a strong spiritual support for me during my college years—and they were right.
