Article July 13, 1981 Issue

Conversation with a newcomer

GEORGE E. J. MAHON

Anybody who has had an experience that exalted him and brought him out of difficulties is eager to tell his friends about it. He wants them to be helped, too. No wonder, then, that a student of Christian Science who has been healed by the power of Spirit, God, longs to relate this event to his friends and neighbors.

But how? Can we talk with strangers about these very sacred things? How can we discern whether they would be interested?

John's Gospel contains a beautiful example of how Christ Jesus did just this during his conversation with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. See John 4:5-42 . A detailed examination of this narrative shows how the Master was able to meet this woman at her own level. By the end of their talk, his insights into her personal life and, no doubt, the Christliness that he expressed had stirred her so much that her report of his comments brought others to hear what Jesus had to say.

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