From dyslexia to freedom as a church Reader

There was a moment in my life when the flood tides of light and Truth came to me so gently and strongly through Christian Science that it confirmed that I was on the right path.

I was raised in a Christian Science household and had received many of the foundational teachings that come from the Christian Science pastor, the Bible together with Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. And I’d had many healings through prayer by the time I left for college. To me, though, practicing Christian Science felt more mechanical than heartfelt and more a family duty than a privilege. While in college, I questioned whether Christian Science was for me, and I put it on the shelf for many years. I knew it was always there, but I started to explore other thought systems, trying to find something that would give me a meaningful sense of existence. 

On the outside, my life looked ideal, with career, family, and success. But as time went on, my life could not have been more the opposite of ideal, and I felt depleted inside. Yet Science and Health says, “Trials are proofs of God’s care” (p. 66). I was certainly having my share of trials.