Giving evidence of God's presence

By Margaret Rogers

WHEN I BEGAN WORK as a Christian Science nurse right after college, I fielded a lot of questions. In those days most Christian Science nurses still wore white uniforms, so when I rode the bus to or from the Christian Science nursing facility where I worked, other passengers would often ask me what to do about their stiff arm or about medications they were taking.

Then I'd explain that I was a Christian Science nurse, and worked with patients who used a completely mental and spiritual system of healing—no medication or physical therapy involved. A common next question might be, "Oh right, Christian Scientists don't go to doctors. So why do you have nurses?"

Frankly, that's a question I would have asked myself only a couple of years earlier. I was raised in a Christian Scientist family, and when illnesses or injuries happened, we would pray in the way Christ Jesus taught—"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). From studying Christian Science I'd learned some of the fundamentals of the truth he was referring to:

About the author

Margaret Rogers is a contributing editor who lives in Greenbrae, California. She is also a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. Prior to becoming a practitioner, she was a Christian Science nurse for six years.

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