Testimonies of Healing

While I was at work, my jaw suddenly locked in a very uncomfortable position. I couldn't speak, so I e-mailed a co-worker and asked him to call a Christian Science practitioner and explain the situation.

IT WAS THE MORNING BEFORE an important meeting, which I'd traveled a long way to attend. As I stepped out of the tub in the hotel bathroom, my foot slipped and I fell against the toilet and onto the floor.

When our family vacation plans didn't work out, my wife suggested that I use the money we'd set aside for the trip to attend a baseball camp for adults. I'd been to the camp before and had had a lot of fun.

For many months I had a recurring condition in which I sneezed often, my eyes watered, and people at my workplace would remark, "She has another cold. " The thought that this might be an allergy occurred to me, and I continued to pray about the condition.

I had just spent a week alone in the woods of rural Washington. I had been in need of some peaceful time because of an uncertain career transition I was facing.

IT WAS A HOT AFTERNOON, and my fourteen-year-old son, Andrew, and I were outside doing yard work. Andrew was mowing the lawn while I pulled weeds.

There were moments in my college years when I felt like God had abandoned me. And I thought that because of my failure to measure up to how good I thought I should be, I deserved to be abandoned.

I first began to drink in college, using alcohol to modify my mood in social situations and to "join in the fun. " Over time, I began to look forward to meals, to outings, and to business travel because of the opportunities they gave me to drink.

After My Husband lost his job, we felt a relocation from Oakland to Los Angeles held some promising employment options. Everything about our move to a new city seemed right.

My Wife was going out of town on business for a week, and we wanted to spend some time with each other before she left, so we planned on meeting for lunch. Knowing how hectic her business life is, I packed her a lunch just in case something happened.