I sat next to the student I was tutoring, helping him to work through a problem in his physics homework. I quickly saw the solution, but he didn’t. I prayed, knowing that everyone expresses the intelligence of God, the one infinite Mind. Then the light of understanding dawned, and the student too saw the solution.

I often think of this experience when sharing Christian Science with others. Christian Science, like physics, is based on laws that, when understood and applied, solve problems. As we pray, we feel the presence of God, who gives each of His children the ability to understand His divine laws—an ability so masterfully demonstrated in Jesus’ healing works, as recorded in the Bible—and how to demonstrate them in our own lives.

I began my study of Christian Science as a physics major in college and saw similarities in how I needed to approach both subjects. Neither the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, nor a physics textbook can be read like a novel. Each idea in a textbook needs to be pondered and its applications considered. Physics problems are worked out through physical solutions, while problems are solved spiritually in Christian Science.