began advertising in the Journal as a Christian Science practitioner in 1972 and became a Christian Science teacher 12 years later. He has contributed over 70 articles to the Christian Science periodicals, including writing a monthly column from May 1999 to April 2001 for the Christian Science Sentinel. Bob lives with his wife, Betty, in a one-and-a-half-story ranch house on a wooded lot in Naperville, Illinois, a fast-growing suburb about 30 miles west of Chicago. "Some of our friends call our lot 'The Johnson Arboretum.' We probably have 50 trees on this lot, 20 different varieties." Asked what his interests are in a recent conversation with the Journal's , Bob said, without missing a beat, "Healing people."
Mary Baker Eddy says in Science and Health that before she discovered Christian Science "her own prayers failed to heal her as did the prayers of her devout parents and the church." Science and Health, p. 351. What makes prayer successful?
That can be answered in one word: Love. The successful healer sees both himself and his patient as embraced by, enveloped in, and surrounded by divine Love, which is synonymous with God.
