A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to discuss Christian Science with a newspaper editor. After hearing about the religious organization and the system of spiritual health care, she said, “Since
In school, when other kids asked me about my religion I’d sometimes tell the whole truth, but more often I’d reply that I was a Christian *cough!* Scientist *cough!* cough!* When
I too was an odd duck when I grew up (and still am!). As a child, I didn’t just believe in God; I knew God was real and felt His
Growing up, I never felt that my friends rejected me because of Christian Science, but they did think of it as an out of the box religion—and weird in an
Yes, I too grew up strange, but I lived in a “strange world,” so I never knew the difference. I attended Christian Science schools from nursery through college, so life
I grew up in a really beautiful place. There were woods, streams, and a pond, and I loved it all. For my mom, it was heaven on earth. For my
That’s the way I felt—weird, completely and utterly strange. I was the only Christian Science kid in my area. And often the only student in Sunday School. Most of the