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Walking in 'the way'
My parents left Christian Science when I was a teenager. The sudden loss of Sunday School attendance for me, and my parents’ loss of faith, was jarring, but I still felt unshakably convinced that Christian Science was the Comforter promised by Christ Jesus (see John 14:26).
When I asked my father why I felt that way even after he and Mom had stopped attending church and practicing Christian Science, he paused a moment, then quoted from Isaiah (30:21): “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” That answer satisfied my heart.
Since my parents didn’t renew our subscriptions to the Christian Science Quarterly, I kept rereading the Bible Lessons in the last Quarterly we’d received. A few years later, I started attending a university. Very soon, I noticed the Christian Science College Organization building across campus. I felt as if I had come home, so I began attending meetings and soon joined. I was also thrilled to be attending Sunday School again at the local branch church!
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June 10, 2013 issue
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Letters
Sheila Muters, Kathy Bauer, JSH-Online comment
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Gift for a father—forgiveness and love
Name withheld
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To Google or not to Google?
Laura Moliter
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Footsteps of thought
Darci Niles
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Freedom from racism and sectarianism
Leide Lessa
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Letting go
Marci Martin
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Chosen
Barbara Fay Wiese
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Eternally safe
Abby Fuller Innes
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Walking in 'the way'
Charlene Anne Miller
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God is good
Judy Wolff
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Skin condition gone
Russell Henry
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Our son walked and ran freely
Heather Walker
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Our only need
Bill Badger
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Freed from sadness
Katherine Gavarini
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No lapse in memory
Jeanette Harvuot
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Push back against evil influences
The Editors