During my senior year in high school, I was preparing for college in many ways. I felt one of the most important ways I could prepare was to become a member of The Mother Church. So I applied, and was accepted into membership in June of that year—just before I graduated.
My freshman year, I was one of the charter members of the Christian Science college organization (CSO) on campus, and I actively participated in it. I also faithfully attended Sunday School at the Christian Science Society in town.
That summer, between my freshman and sophomore years, I met a young man a few years older than I. We began to date steadily. He belonged to a different religion, and scoffed at Christian Science. He asked many questions, but I couldn’t articulate the theology of Christian Science in a way he could understand. So, I began to have doubts about the efficacy of Christian Science, even though I’d experienced many wonderful healings as a child. As a result of these doubts, I stopped studying Christian Science, stopped going to Sunday School, and withdrew from the college organization.
