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Understanding God transformed my life
How I found Christian Science
Originally published in Portuguese
For many years, I tried to get a clearer understanding of God. I also yearned to know the reason for my existence. Since the church I had been raised in didn’t have satisfying answers to my questions, I began investigating other churches, but none of them provided the enlightenment I was seeking. I read the Bible daily and liked the content but understood very little of it. Often I felt discouraged and sad.
Then one day a coworker spoke to me about Christian Science. He gave me a copy of The Herald of Christian Science—a monthly magazine—and told me that a Christian Science practitioner had helped him at a critical period of his life when he had been contemplating suicide. I made an appointment with this practitioner, and we started meeting weekly. I wasn’t looking to attend a church but just to talk to someone who could help me understand God and my relationship to Him.
I asked the practitioner many questions, and she explained Bible passages to me in a way that I had never heard before. She introduced me to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and I started reading it immediately. Although I didn’t understand much at first, I kept reading and a few months later began attending services at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist.
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February 10, 2025 issue
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Prayer poised in Principle, not problems
Michelle Boccanfuso Nanouche
Articles
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Take a stand for health
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Understanding God transformed my life
Dolesia Schroder
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Just love
Suzanne Brown
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The gardener was never there
Robert Rupp II
Teens
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When a girl stole my best friend
Holly Wayman
Healings
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Walking freely again
Bess Goodspeed
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Divine Love heals pet
Tonia Benoist with contributions from Lindsay Bryan
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Hereditary condition reversed
Debra Jones McCook
Bible Lens
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Soul
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Letters & Conversations
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