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A number of years ago a friend, someone I considered to be a spiritual light and inspiration, lost his faith. He’s still the wonderful, wry individual he has always been.

In many countries Christian Scientists, with the support of their branch church, are participating in local multifaith or interfaith groups. Thus they’re sharing their faith with other Christians and with those of other than Christian religions, as a way of letting their light shine and as a way of being neighborly.

There’s a reason why every human heart yearns for individual sovereignty and freedom—and why this yearning cannot be repressed successfully by human will or any circumstance. It’s because dominion is everyone’s permanent, God-given birthright.

I remember one of the first times I had to speak publicly about Christian Science. I spoke before a group of medical nurses at a Chicago hospital.

Just after I left high school, my understanding of Christian Science was rather sketchy. A childhood spent in rural parts of Africa, followed by years at boarding school in England, had allowed me to attend Sunday School on only a handful of occasions.

I had been reading the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy for a couple of years before I discovered there was a church connected to it. I had experienced many healings through reading the book, so I felt very happy to find the church.

I was raised in Christian Science, and had many healings as a kid. There was little doubt in my mind that I would join The Mother Church at some point.

As a nun, I often thought about Christian Science, the religion I was raised in as a child and young adult. I noticed that my studies in Christian Science had placed a filter within me, a “divine Science default mode” so to speak, that was always active.

If you had a few close friends who visited you on a regular basis, bearing precious gifts, wouldn’t you consider yourself blessed? That’s how I feel about the Christian Science periodicals— The Christian Science Journal , Christian Science Sentinel, Christian Science Quarterly  Bible Lessons, and The Christian Science Monitor . I eagerly look forward to their arrival because they bring messages of comfort, guidance, and healing.

I want to share some wonderful fruitage that flowed from Andrea McCormick’s article, “Nothing Could Keep Us from Our Association,” in the July 2011 issue of the Journal . My husband and I were starting a journey to the United Kingdom.