Article May 10, 2004 Issue

A CULTURE in COMMON

Volunteers share Christian Science healing ideas on Native American reservations.

By Bettie Gray Staff Editor

As a Little girl, Beverly Lyle spent many happy vacations with her family in national parks around the United States, including her favorite, Mesa Verde in Colorado. There her interest in Native American culture took root.

Many years later, when her marriage was breaking up, she prayed, "God, where is my life?" The answer surprised her: "Your life is with the Indians." Not knowing a single American Indian, Beverly thought she had misunderstood. But the answer didn't change, so she packed up and moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she soon worked and prayed her way into a dream job as National Manager for the American Indian Student Department of the High-Tech Institute colleges. In her 18 years at High-Tech, she's seen the Native enrollment on Phoenix's two campuses rise from a handful to between 150 to 200 per year.

But that's just her day job.

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