At the back of this magazine there is a directory of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. We thought it might be helpful to Journal readers, and especially to those who are considering fuller engagement in Christian Science healing, to hear some of these practitioners share a few thoughts about how they got started in the full-time practice. Obviously, their experiences are individual; there couldn't be a specific formula for entering a holy ministry! Our hope is that this series may encourage others to see how the way to a public practice of Christian healing opens up when there is a pure desire to serve God and one's fellowman.
Greatly disturbed over some things happening at work, I was searching deeply for answers. I hadn't picked up a Bible for several years, but my Protestant church training had given me a love for it, so now I turned to it for help. After reading the early chapters in Genesis, I switched to the New Testament. The Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew and the impressive record of Christ Jesus' healings in the following two chapters,Matt, chaps. 5-9 convinced me that healing others was the most worthwhile goal one could have.
Getting started
in the public practice
