Testimonies of Healing

MY PARENTS BECAME students of Christian Science when I was an infant. Since they relied on Christian Science for all our health needs from that point on, I have no memory of any other type of healing method during my childhood.

I'M LOSING MY MIND , I thought. About five years ago, it became difficult to remember anything.

ONE EVENING in December 2007, I pulled a bubbling chicken casserole out of the oven. As I set the hot dish down on the counter, the boiling gravy splashed and covered my entire forearm and back of my hand.

THROUGH THE CENTURIES , exceptional thinkers such as Rene Descartes and George Berkeley have posited their belief in the unreality of matter, but none so boldly as Mary Baker Eddy when she stated, "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 468 ).

A few years back, I began to experience intermittent stomach trouble. Gradually the situation became more acute until one day my digestive system stopped working altogether, and I was unable to eat, drink, or eliminate.

I first learned about Christian Science after my youngest child, Maurice, was diagnosed with an abnormal condition. When the boy was eight months old, his pediatrician brought to my attention that his skull was two centimeters larger than normal.

Imagine the uphill climb any father would have in order to forgive his daughter's sexual assailant. But with the "two-edged sword of Truth" ( Science and Health, p.

For about five months last year, I struggled through a long, dark mental tunnel that seemed to have no end. I battled daily with mental darkness that I had never known before.

Every day we would take her from the bedroom to the sitting room and place her gently in a chair. Sometimes we would take her outside to get some sun.

After an accident at work, this author suffered extreme burns. The healing effect changed other aspects of his life, too.