Journal Senior Writer talks with Christian Science practitioner and teacher of La Mesa, California, who shares her straight talk on church.
Earline, let's dive right into the spiritual interpretation of Church from the Glossary in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.
"The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick" (p. 583).
