Article May 23, 2005 Issue

The next in our biweekly series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science.

ANYONE CAN BE A HEALER

MY LIFE'S WORK

KAY OLSON

TAKING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRIMARY CLASS INSTRUCTION moved me to want to help others with prayer. I'd been studying Christian Science for about nine years when a friend asked, "Why don't you take that class on spiritual healing?" I knew there was such a class, but I was busy raising three, four, then five, then six children—the youngest just two years old. Also, we had just settled in a new town, and my husband in a new job.

Everyone I knew who had taken the class exuded enthusiasm and gratitude for it—whichever teacher they had—so I knew it was important. But I did wonder if it could be as grand as they said. I found a teacher, however, worked out child-care arrangements, and took the class.

I loved every minute! It was the most inspiring two weeks of my life. And there was no doubt in my mind: Helping others with what I had learned about spiritual healing was my mission. I didn't really make the decision—it simply felt natural.

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