Years ago I was healed of anorexia through learning the truth of God and His creation revealed in Christian Science, which fed my hungry heart. What liberty I found through studying the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. I discovered that Life is God, divine Spirit, not limited by matter or so-called material law, and that man, the true identity of each of us, is spiritual, the image of God. The peace that came from learning these facts enabled me first to gain strength without eating and then, step by step, to eat normally again. I felt divine Love feeding my thought with grace.

Mrs. Eddy had a deep yearning to understand the message of the Bible as God’s Word speaking to humanity in every age. This yearning was met when she discovered how Christ Jesus healed and how his healing works can be emulated today. She explained her discovery and inspiration in Science and Health for all to read and understand. She did this in deep humility and devotion to the one God, our Father-Mother, and today, through this divinely inspired writing providing insights into the Bible’s profound spiritual meaning, we are daily invited to find fresh revelation. 

I’m so deeply grateful to Mrs. Eddy for her discovery of Christian Science, her writings, and the Church she established. She took the unique step of ordaining a pastor over The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, that was not a person but two books—the Bible and the Christian Science textbook. She also designated these books as the pastor for all of the branch Churches of Christ, Scientist.