At the back of this magazine there is a directory of practitioners 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.
I was not one of those people who thought I'd love to become a Christian Science practitioner. Quite frankly, it had never entered my thought as I was growing up and entering adulthood.
I had been a Christian Scientist virtually my whole life. I relied on Christian Science entirely, and loved it. But to become a practitioner—forget it! For one thing, I had never personally known a young practitioner. I thought it was something people did when they were up in years.
