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Lives inspired by Mary Baker Eddy's example

How has your life been inspired by Mary Baker Eddy's? Her life journey—in particular her rediscovery of the spiritual laws that enabled Christ Jesus to heal—has spoken to people through the decades and across cultural barriers.

This month's voices again come from quite diverse backgrounds, and from around the globe.

The Editors

The fatherhood and motherhood of God

By Alison Hughes

From the August 2011 issue of The Christian Science Journal

I grew up in a close family who participated in a Christian Science Church and Sunday School, so from a very young age I learned of Mary Baker Eddy’s lifework: her discovery of Christian Science, writing a book ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ), and founding a church. As a young girl I was so struck by all that she had accomplished as a 19th-century woman.