There were no training institutes for nursing in Jesus' time. He went up to the mountain and prayed, and I'm so grateful that each one of us has the opportunity to do that, without any barriers. It's a wonderful journey that we can take today through the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.
In my city we formed a committee for nursing about ten years ago. Every time we met we would add pages and pages of bylaws. In our own ways, we came to realize that "the law" came by mortals, and now we had to get into the New Testament and discover "grace and truth"—the Christlike qualities that make Christian Science nursing what it is.
We are all capable of the caring and nurturing work. In the Manual By-Law on nursing, Mrs. Eddy doesn't say the member but she says "A member of The Mother Church who represents himself or herself as a Christian Science nurse . . . ." Each of us is a nurse. We embody the Christlikeness, we already express the qualities of God, needed to nurse.
