Article April 19, 2004 Issue

COMMON GROUND

Craig Luedeman

Shortly before Ginny and I met, I came to California to take a course in Christian Science that was part of the spiritual preparation for my work as a chaplain. This teaching gave me a much clearer concept of the unity of male and female qualities within each of us as God's ideas. As a result, I felt less stress about finding someone 'out there,' and began to accept more of my own completeness in Him.

But I must admit I was surprised to see how quickly my acceptance of these ideas bore fruit in my social life. It was as if I was expecting a cup of water and got a tidal wave!

As Ginny has explained, the differences in our backgrounds were initially challenging for both of us. When we were together, despite what appeared to be very different life experiences, I intuitively felt we'd found a mutual love of spiritual things that could conquer what life threw at us. But my marrying a former hard rock singer who was divorced, with a five-year-old, was something of a challenge. At times, I felt torn between what I had been raised to think was important in a wife and what my newly awakened spiritual intuition was telling me. As I prayed it became clear that I could trust this intuition, and my doubts and fears disappeared. And our lives together have been a blessing for both of us.

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