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Interviews

Conversations with experienced Christian Scientists on topics of interest.

What’s my purpose?

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, Jenny Sawyer and Camille Abadie talk with Nate Frederick, a Christian Science practitioner from Boston, Massachusetts. To hear the entire podcast, which includes remarks by Emmanuel Tekila, visit sentinel.

God isn’t in the storm . . . are you?

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, David Brown talks with Chet Manchester, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Lebanon, New Jersey. To hear the entire podcast, visit sentinel.

If I know, you know

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, Jenny Sawyer talks with Beth Packer, a Christian Science practitioner from Berry, New South Wales, Australia. To hear the podcast, visit sentinel.

Christian Science nursing—a ministry, a calling

Tony Lobl: Today I’m talking to Vanessa Campbell, a Christian Science nurse from Santa Fe, New Mexico.   Before we begin, I’d like to share my connection with Christian Science nursing.

Who are you?

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, David Brown talks with Russ Gerber, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Mission Viejo, California. To hear the podcast, visit sentinel.

The stillness that makes all the difference

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, David Brown talks with John Biggs, a Christian Science practitioner from Maryland Heights, Missouri. To hear the podcast visit jsh.

Getting a better sense of the nature of life

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, David Brown talks with Nate Frederick, a Christian Science practitioner and lecturer from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. To hear the podcast visit jsh.

A golden thread—four generations of healing and hope

In 1881, Mary Baker Eddy, the Leader of the Christian Science movement, was specially recognized by the members of the Church she had founded—The Church of Christ, Scientist—for her Christian example and instructions, representing, as they put it, “the highest type of womanhood, or the love that heals” (Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,  p. 52).

Where is God when bad things happen? Part 1: The basics

It’s hard to read a newspaper or turn on the TV without hearing not just bad news, but devastating and seemingly insurmountable news, from the pandemic to civil wars to political divisions to climate disasters. These events raise a big question for many people: Where is God when bad things happen? Recently Ethel Baker, the Editor of the Christian Science magazines, explored this topic with Scott Preller, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

The power of persistence

In this Sentinel Watch podcast, adapted for print, Jenny Sawyer talks with Tim Mitchinson, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Naperville, Illinois. The program centered on the following: When we’re seeking a resolution to something, or having to persist in prayer to find healing, what is it that helps us stick with it? And why should we? To hear the podcast, visit sentinel.