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'A spiritual model of life'
I was introduced to Christian Science about 13 years ago, two weeks before my final exam in secondary school. At the time, I had unpaid school fees and was told I could not sit for the exam without clearing all the fees. The same day, I met a friend on my way home. He had a book in his hand, and I requested to read it while we waited for the bus. I saw that it was titled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, and I expected it to be about science as I knew it—something like biology or physics.
As I read, I found what I had been yearning for: a spiritual model of life. I loved the book from the outset and requested to borrow it for just a week, but my friend said I could keep it as long as I needed. As I read the chapter “Prayer,” I discovered that what I thought I lacked in finances for school fees was really a limitation of my own thoughts. I did not lack anything as the image and likeness of God. This realization ruled out the fear and helplessness I was feeling about not being able to sit for exams. The sense of freedom I felt reminded me of David’s exclamation, “The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine” (I Samuel 17:37).

July 23, 2012 issue
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Letters
Steven Price, Blanche Saul, Candace Gibson
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Rejoicing together
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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Borderless community
Walter Rodgers
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How big is good?
Nancy Mullen
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A rising tide lifts all boats
Jeff Ward-Bailey
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My first interfaith experience
Bonnie Mitchinson
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Embracing communities worldwide
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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Climate change: What I could do
Elizabeth Graser-Lindsey
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Delight in international giving
Peter Dry
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Praying for a school community
Suzanne Smedley
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The grizzly bear delusion
Glenn Williams
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Salvation
Brian Kissock
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Unlimited resources
Heather Howland Kany
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Planted in a new path
Dorothy H. Thomson
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Love's leading
Tad Blake-Weber
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Seeking the way
Linda Gridley Lane
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The answer
Barbara Whitewater
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Solutions
Charlotte Bushnell
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Marjorie and the Dream
Phyllis W. Zeno
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Focused thought
Richard Albins
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God made you perfect
Megan Meehan
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What are you going to be when you grow up?
Leide Lessa
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Sign me up!
Bob Minnocci
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I shared with my professor
Bruce Matouka
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Your questions about church
Answers offered by Tim Myers and Michelle Nanouche
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'A spiritual model of life'
William Otieno
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The 'more excellent way'
Christa Kreutz
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Finding our God-given freedom
Ann Edwards
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A healing standard
Mark Sappenfield
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A summer of 'radical acts'
Jeff Ward-Bailey
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Lots of Laughs
Madora Kibbe
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Protected during a fall
Norma P. Cooper with contributions from Elizabeth Gibbons
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Chest pains overcome
B. James Jokerst
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Spinal meningitis healed
Charles O'Gorman
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Spine fracture healed
Brooks Rakos
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What makes you who you are?
The Editors