Article July 7, 2014 ISSUE

Discovering what's real

Mark Catlin

When I started out in the study of Christian Science, I had an experience that forever changed my view on the nature of reality—literally turning what I held as real upside down.

Prior to learning about Christian Science, my view of reality was based on what was taught to me in my childhood Sunday School in a traditional Protestant church. By the time I entered graduate school, I had some serious questions as to what was real and true about me and my relationship to God.