You Can Be a Healer April 23, 2012 Issue

Our occasional series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science healing.

God's timing

Chrissie Sydness—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, US

Everyone’s road to the Christian Science practice is different. 

I once envisioned working in an art museum or art gallery as a career, or maybe following a childhood dream of becoming the director at a summer camp. But God had different plans. After I went through Christian Science Primary class instruction, I knew that the public practice would likely happen sooner in my experience than I’d anticipated. It was something that was always in my heart, but I never imagined it would come about so soon.

The summer after class instruction, I began to understand more about what the practice entailed. I was the assistant director at a Christian Science summer camp and worked closely with the camp’s practitioner and director. I witnessed many quick healings of campers and counselors and saw the example of the practitioner in how she “imbibe[d] the spirit” (Science and Health, p. 495) of Christian Science. She was graceful, humble, loving, and joyous. I often asked her questions and learned by her example.

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