Article November 13, 2023 Issue

Christian Science class instruction: An investment of the heart

Class instruction brought about a spiritual awakening that answered my deepest yearnings.

Joni Overton-Jung

I was about halfway through my final year of university when the desire to take Christian Science class instruction took hold like a fire within me. All that I had learned in life and in school had made me hungry to know God better.

So just a few weeks after graduation, I found myself sitting alongside a group of people with one thing in common: a yearning for God. And so began the 12-day journey in Christian Science class instruction—a complete immersion, starting with the most basic question of existence: “What is God?”

I got a taste of what infinity is during that time—like the sky breaking open with a quiet stillness.