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Keep it simple
I left the Christian Science practitioner’s office with this statement ringing in my ears: “Christian Science is simple.” I knew that she meant that Christian Science is straightforward to understand and to practice. As a newcomer to this Science, I was eager to learn more and to demonstrate it.
I’d first found out about Christian Science healing when I was in college, a thousand miles away from home. I received a letter from my dad telling of his wonderful healing of abdominal, back, and leg pain after reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (see Stanley A. Smith, The Christian Science Journal, July 1961). Then, after I was married and had a family, I became overwhelmed with fear of disease and death. It would be no stretch to say that I was overwhelmed every second of every day. A friend who was a Christian Scientist, in whom I had confided, suggested that I visit a Christian Science practitioner.
About the author
Mary Louise Parsons is a Christian Science practitioner. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

May 20, 2013 issue
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Letters
Armin E. Henneberger, Jr., Marsha L. Maupin, Joan Freund, Diane Taylor Dickey, JSH-Online comment
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In the wake of tragedy
Richard Johnsrud
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Calming fear in a crisis
Lynn Jackson
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Prayer that confronts genocide
Ariana Herlinger
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A change of heart—for each of us
Tiffany Herr
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'Who does the nudging?'
Eric D. Nelson
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Keep it simple
Mary Louise Parsons
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"For with thee is the fountain of life:"
Photograph by Paul Trowbridge
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God's building
Kathleen Collins
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'Heaven all the way to heaven'
Ruth McCleary Truscott
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Trail running...with Love
Quinn Heinbaugh
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Free from skin discomfort
Angelina Dixon
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Logic and love of Christian healing
Stephen Lapointe
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Rings recovered
Louise Alder
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Health on a plane
Eric Oyama
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Mother's Day
The Editors