Article January 26, 1981 Issue

When your spouse is not a Christian Scientist

[Written for the Sentinel]

Christian Science came to me after I had been married for some years and already had small children. My husband and I had both been raised in a traditional religion. While neither of us was a zealous adherent, the thought of an actual change in religions had not occurred to either of us—that is, until I became interested in Christian Science.

Soon I was attending church services regularly and studying as-siduously. Gradually this Science became the major influence in my life, and I joined The Mother Church and a branch church. Although my husband did not object to my commitment to Christian Science or to rearing the children according to its teachings, he was simply not interested in it.

At first I felt very glad for the freedom to pursue the study and practice of scientific Christianity in our home. But there were times when I felt disillusioned because I wasn't able to share the most precious part of my life with my spouse. I yearned for togetherness in church as well as in our home. Frequently I found myself wishing he would think and act on the basis of the truths that had come to mean life itself to me.

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