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Recovery from effects of physical trauma
Shortly after retiring from a busy job when I was well into my ninth decade, I moved into a second-floor apartment in the house of my younger daughter and her husband. They are Christian Scientists, as I have been since being introduced to Christian Science as a young girl.
The entrance to my apartment is on the first floor, in a small hall that also includes the entrance to the basement. One Friday evening about a year and a half ago, as I was making my way toward the stairs to my apartment after dinner with my family, I took a wrong turn in the dark and fell down the long flight of basement stairs. My daughter and son-in-law heard the noise and found me on the basement floor in what appeared to be a state of shock and confusion. However, I am told that I began to say aloud the Lord’s Prayer with my son-in-law, while my daughter called 911. She also immediately contacted a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful treatment, as I would have wanted her to do.
I remember becoming aware of my circumstances in the ambulance and hearing my daughter, who accompanied me, singing hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal. I was told that we were on the way to the trauma center of a local hospital. There, I had an MRI, and the medical verdict was a fractured skull, fractured ribs, and multiple abrasions. My desire was to rely wholly on God for healing, and while I was given stitches, I declined pain medication and other medical treatment the doctors offered to me.
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September 19, 2022 issue
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Keeping Watch
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The heart stone
Karen Neff
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Prayer for a friend
James Walter
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Joyful expectation
Marty Jones
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My wilderness experience led me to Christ
Ute Keller
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Ending self-righteousness in political discussions
Joani Stotler
Kids
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One family—God’s!
Virginia Anders
Healings
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Overcoming hatred brings physical freedom
William Ward
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Burned hand quickly healed
Shirley Schmidt
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Recovery from effects of physical trauma
Joann Smedley
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September 19–25, 2022
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Patricia Spencer, Susan Lapointe, Christopher Bowers