The Journal is pleased to offer readers the second in an occasional column from the Office of Christian Science Practitioner Activities at The Mother Church in Boston. “Pathways to the practice” is autobiographical. While the contributors, presented here as two anonymous authors, are now experienced Christian Science practitioners, they were not yet listed in the directories of the Journal or The Christian Science Herald when they humbly accepted their first requests for Christian Science treatment—and got right to work! Below, in their own words, these 21st-century healers trace the heart’s and mind’s response to Christ Jesus’ unambiguous call: “Heal the sick.” It is our hope that readers will be encouraged, step by step, to renew their own commitment to scientific Christian healing in the 21st century, and to share this priceless gift of God’s grace with all humanity.
Author 1: I was raised in a faith tradition where God was to be loved, worshiped, thanked, feared, and obeyed. My early religious influences were lovely, devout, sincere people. But any talk of God’s love seldom went beyond Jesus’ death on the cross. I was taught that God’s love could be stripped away from us at any moment for the slightest transgression and that God loves only some people. Accordingly, I felt alienated from God, and for a time I doubted His wisdom in creating a sinful, unlovable universe, and I even doubted His presence.
As I began to feel and tangibly experience God’s love, the desire to share it grew.
