My friend had always been a religious man, but something had remained unfulfilled in his life. There were questions that had gone unanswered. When I first knew about his spiritual search, his yearning over several years to find deeper meaning and purpose, I could see that a whole new range of possibilities was now opening up to him. He had discovered that he actually did possess a God-given purpose, that his experience was governed by something tremendously more substantial than the hit-or-miss propositions and finally empty promises of materiality.
This man had discovered that there were actually laws of God to direct him; laws he could learn and understand; laws he could apply in his daily living that bring grace and joy and peace—that secure genuine meaning and progress. He had discovered his relation to God as divine Love's expression. He had found the Science of Christianity—Christian Science.
Many people, when hearing the words Christian Science, think of it primarily as a term denoting a religious denomination. Perhaps they think of a Church founded in the 1800s by a notable American woman. Certainly it is true that there exists a formal organization of Christian Scientists, united through The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and its branch churches around the world, that can be legitimately categorized as a Christian denomination. Yet what actually is Christian Science itself?
