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If astronauts were asked what keeps them and their space capsule in orbit around the Earth, they would likely reply that it’s a combination of gravity and velocity. And if asked whether they could see gravity, they would surely answer “No.

I remember the first time I washed feet. In my early teens, I’d been asked to help take care of my grandma whom I was living with at the time.

Throughout my life, I have experienced many wonderful healings. I grew up with Christian Science and my mother is a Christian Science practitioner.

The Book of Acts records that after the stoning of Stephen, who was one of the early Christians, a great persecution arose against the young Christian church in Jerusalem, and most believers scattered throughout the region, fleeing for their lives (see Acts 8:1 ). Regardless of this crisis, Acts continues with accounts of these followers of Christ Jesus sharing their new faith, making new disciples, and sowing the seeds of new churches wherever they went.

John Bunyan’s book The Pilgrim’s Progress is valued as one of the most significant works of theological fiction in English literature. It describes the long, toilsome search of our hero, “Christian,” for the “Celestial City,” the kingdom of God.

Recently I started attending church again after being away from it for several years. It wasn’t that I lived far from a Christian Science church; there’s one just a short drive from my house.

More than a year ago, I had an interview at a consulate in my hometown for the purpose of getting a visa for an overseas trip. After my visa application was approved, I was told to go back to the consulate the following week with my letter of approval in order to retrieve my passport and visa.

One morning a friend contacted me and said that his son, a friend of my son’s, had run away after they’d had a fight. He wondered if my son or I might know where he was.

From childhood we learn to be obedient to our parents, our coaches, our teachers, and our employers. “Follow the rules!” we might hear them say.

This article is part of a series appearing occasionally in the Journal,  the Christian Science Sentinel,  and The Herald of Christian Science.  Each article aims to correct some misconception about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire as spiritual healers.