Turning Points in Spiritual Growth October 10, 2022 ISSUE

From dyslexia to freedom as a church Reader

Alice Chedister Ellis

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.

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