Article May 11, 1992 Issue

The questions that shape our lives

Finding Light

Who couldn't use more light, more clarity in a time of questioning? And if we are in the middle of our own search for light, it sometimes helps to hear the experiences of others who are finding "there ariseth light in the darkness," as the Psalmist describes it. This column records some experiences that may be useful to those who are looking for new answers. The accounts are anonymous in order to give authors the opportunity to talk freely about earlier lifestyles and attitudes that may have been considerably different from what they now value. Of necessity, the recounting of experiences is telescoped in its time frame, and these narratives do not attempt to tell a complete story. But they do show something of the wide range of seekers and the way in which the light of Christ, Truth, restores, redirects, and regenerates lives.

I was basically a good kid. I attended a Christian Science Sunday School and felt that I had good values and morals. I thought I knew right from wrong. I loved what Christian Science teaches about God being only good, and I had experienced many healings as a child.

But as I grew older I disliked feeling that I was "different" from my friends and felt that the moral standards of Christian Science were too high for me. In high school I began drinking. I thought it gave me an ability to forget my fears in a crowd, and I liked that. Eventually I began experimenting with marijuana and "speed" (amphetamines). By the end of high school, to "party" was one of the most important things in my life.

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