Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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Mary Baker Eddy placed high value on her healing system and on her instruction, and expected students would earn from what they learned. To her, it was a given that public demand for effective, affordable, spiritually based healthcare, provided by caring healers, would constantly grow.
Emma McDonald took the first of four classes with Mary Baker Eddy in Chicago, in May 1884. During the class she wrote to her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Mary Baker Eddy placed the spiritual education component of Christian Science under the auspices of a Board of Education, established in 1898, within the Massachusetts Metaphysical College. Her system of education includes: Primary class: An intensive course in healing, including oral and written work under a Christian Science teacher's direction.
Fujiko Signs, a teacher in Tokyo, Japan, recalls reading Science and Health and, after having a number of healings, wondering, "Is there any way to learn more about Christian Science?" In 1994, within six months of her first encounter with Christian Science, she applied for a course of instruction. She began healing people immediately afterward and advertised her practice in 2000.
Are you tempted to groan at the thought of yet another article on women? Some men I know might ask, What about an article on men for a change? And the quick retort to that is, You've been reading about women for 25 years—but we've been man-focused for 5,000 years, plus or minus a few. Let's not focus on "evening the score" but on working together.
LIKE MANY WOMEN, I've faced obstacles because of my gender. But nothing compares to when I became a single parent.
Recently, I was delighted to see that one of Bombay's evening papers, The Afternoon Despatch and Courier, was carrying an extra edition called "Woman's Extra. " For two weeks, they profiled twelve women: six international figures, and six national ones.
I first met Rosie about a year and a half ago, when I started going to her for manicures at a hotel in Addis Ababa—the city where my husband, Jeremy, and I live. Over time, we became friends.