Recently, companions and I crossed the Vatanjökull ice cap in Iceland. We had high hopes for an adventure to appreciate the tremendous glacial landscape and explore a self-supported traverse of about sixty miles. We set out under sunny skies, pulling gear in sleds, with laden backpacks, food for eight days, and expedition tents. But by the end of the first evening, the clear day devolved into a thick fog making visibility and progress tough. My thoughts seemed equally as clouded and dark.
The cloudiness persisted for the better part of the next five days, and the normal, friendly camaraderie characterizing our group of four seemed to disappear. We were finally forced to halt, establishing camp in freezing wind and snow. We seemed trapped inside our tents, but I knew that spiritual growth awaited, and began reading my pocket-sized edition of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
It was as if divine Mind had provided a custom Christian Science Bible Lesson for me; turning pages as I was led from passage to passage, each with a theme of light and clarity. The “tent-jail” became an impromptu Christian Science Reading Room—cozy, holy, inspired, safe.
