How I Found Christian Science October 3, 2016 Issue

A Sentinel finds a seeker for Truth

Joy Hardman Oldemeyer

Years ago, I found a Christian Science Sentinel in a beauty shop. I opened the magazine to an article about a young girl losing her locket, the family praying for its return, then finding the locket in a street gutter—and it cleaned up like new. I thought there might be hope for me after all.

Allow me to explain. Church attendance did not exist in my childhood home. My brother first began attending church as a teen, and I followed. I loved the people, and they loved me. But I could not accept the teaching of eternal separation from God for those who did not believe.

After marrying while still a teen, I attended my husband’s church. The church family was a boon to me, but I soon began to question the teachings that Jesus was God and that eternal hell awaited nonbelievers.

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