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DEEP THINK

Nothing to fear—not even fear itself

FAR FROM HOME, A MOTHER'S PRAYERS FOR HER YOUNG SON LEAD TO HEALING—AND THE HEALING PRACTICE

BY BARBARA PETTIS

From the July 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal

THE FIRST GLIMMERS of my commitment to the practice of Christian Science, and the healing love that it brings, began in a hospital in another country, thousands of miles from my home in the United States, with the words of a pediatrician: "Your son has a 50–50 chance of living through the night. If he lives, he will in all likelihood be physically and/or mentally handicapped.