Mother of two children and grandmother of six, Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Des Moines, lowa, attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence and the University of Northern lowa. After a 12-year career as an elementary-school teacher in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she shifted her career to the practice of Christian Science healing. Three years later, while continuing her practice, she became a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship; from 1982 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1998 she traveled around the world—throughout the United States, Canada, England, Europe, Sweden, Finland, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand—speaking about God's practical help and healing in everyday life. During the three years in between she served as Second Reader of The Mother Church in Boston.
Marion now divides her time between downtown Des Moines and its rural edge. "My office is right in the middle of the city, on the 18th floor of a 21-story building. My home is a townhouse four miles away in a lovely wooded area with a creek running behind. It's quiet, pleasant, secluded, and I enjoy it tremendously," she told the Journal's Jeffrey Hildner in a recent conversation about spiritual healing.
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