Editorial February 22, 2016 ISSUE

How shall we celebrate?

Scott Preller

This month we will have passed the 150th anniversary of events that Mary Baker Eddy associated with the discovery of Christian Science. But it is worth pointing out that her fall on an icy street on February 1, 1866, and her remarkable healing just three days later from the life-threatening internal injuries she had incurred, didn’t mark the beginning nor the end of her pursuit of truth. It did, however, mark a pivotal crossroads that continues to be associated with the reinstatement of Christian healing, made practical today through a spiritual understanding of God’s laws and their application in human experience. Here’s how Mrs. Eddy would later describe the events surrounding her healing and the understanding gained from her discovery of Christian Science:

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