Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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One Sunday I was on my way to church. As it was still early, I decided to stop at a gas station to fill up.
A number of years ago, I found myself in a pinch regarding a used vehicle I had recently purchased. New to the used-car market, I was unfamiliar with the tricks some sellers use to offload damaged vehicles.
The office where I worked when I was a relatively new student of Christian Science was near a Christian Science Reading Room. I spent most of my lunch hours in its healing atmosphere, reading the weekly Bible Lessons and the Christian Science periodicals.
In 2020 I was a victim of fraud and lost my savings. When I realized I had been scammed, I reported the theft to the financial institution that had held my money and to the police.
When my wife and I emigrated from South Africa to New Zealand in 2003, we had meager financial resources. We prayed to see that God was the true, unlimited source of our supply.
Last year, our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren were spending a holiday weekend with my wife and me. After enjoying some time outdoors, my daughter and I had just started up the exterior stairs when we heard disturbingly loud cracking sounds.
It was the morning after Christmas, Boxing Day. I had studied the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly, which was on the subject of “God.
As a fairly new member of a Christian Science branch church years ago, I was happy to be elected to serve on its Board of Trustees—my first opportunity to fill a church board position. What I didn’t know was that the membership was bitterly divided over whether to keep or sell the church edifice, and that board work would be contentious and stressful.
Some years ago I came to understand, in a tangible way, the meaning of this quote from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need” ( p. 494 ).
Looking to be a better healer? Then you’ll want to keep an eye out for articles like this one, appearing periodically in the Journal, the Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science. Their aim: to correct some of the misconceptions about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire.