It was with great interest that I read your Christian Science Journal interview with a recent graduate of Principia [a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists]. Although I attended Principia Upper School, I was one of only about 10 percent who did not go on to that college. I would like to make the point that there are challenges in most colleges that call for a student's prayers and spiritual growth.
I found myself entering the outside world not well informed about such things as sex, drugs, and alcohol. Discussing how to deal with these things and how to keep living Christian Science daily is important in meeting the needs of young people.
Mary Baker Eddy was a radical thinker and never took a seat behind the error of her time. Dealing openly with error would encourage more young people to attend church and college organizations, and to practice Christian Science healing. The point of Christian Science is to live it and express it anywhere and anytime. As young people, we yearn to be taught how to do that.
