What I’d been looking for

Finding Christian Science was life-changing for me. When I was first introduced to it, I was serving in the United States Air Force as an automatic pilot and aircraft instruments instructor. When I was off duty, I enjoyed singing in various churches and clubs.

One day, a lady who partnered with me on the piano suggested I audition to be a substitute soloist at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where she was the organist. I wanted a steady singing job, but because of the orthodox religious viewpoints I had accepted since early childhood, I initially resisted this idea.

I decided I would visit the church and see for myself what it was like, so I went and sat in the very back of the auditorium at the next Wednesday evening testimony meeting. As people rose spontaneously and shared what was in their hearts, speaking of how Christian Science had healed them of all kinds of difficulties, I sat there dumbfounded and in awe. Those testifiers were leaving materiality for Christ and experiencing healing results. The thought came to me, “You know, this is what you have been looking for.” And as it turned out, it was.

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