I didn’t grow up in a Christian Science family. But as an active member of another Protestant church whose members loved the Bible, I believed deeply in the power of prayer. I was taught, however, to resign myself to what we believed was God’s will, whether that will included physical healing or not, and this teaching became increasingly difficult for me to accept.
As a young adult, I wrestled with a debilitating physical condition. Weary of the side effects of the prescribed medicine, and increasingly sure that there had to be a better way to live as a Christian, I stopped taking the medicine and decided to move to another part of the country. I resolved to study the Bible more deeply and to better understand God’s true nature—and how to live as His disciple.
Within weeks of arriving in a new city, I was introduced to Christian Science through the life and example of a devoted Christian Scientist. For the next year and a half, I studied the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly, and I attended both the local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, and another local Protestant church.
