Article August 19, 2013 Issue

Opening closed doors

Maryl Walters

The first time I went to an interfaith event, an all-day, all-city women’s interfaith conference, the chairperson saw my name tag with “Christian Science” on it for my faith tradition, and was astonished. She said: “We’ve never had someone from the Christian Science church here before. I thought your church didn’t allow you to do interfaith work.”

I was astonished at her astonishment! Although I’d never been to an interfaith activity before, I assured her that Christian Scientists are completely free to participate. I felt a calling then and there to become active in the interfaith community. 

That was over 20 years ago, and I have learned so much since then, both from interfaith dialogue (dialogue among Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Baha’is, etc.) and from ecumenical dialogue (dialogue among various Christian denominations). I have also been able to share Christian Science ideas with my interfaith and ecumenical colleagues. 

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About the author

Maryl Walters is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. She is also a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

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