Article April 21, 2025 Issue

A lesson from my donkey

I saw that healing spiritually is always about progressing in our understanding of what’s spiritually real.

Bobby Lewis

I own several donkeys, and I observed something with one of them recently that illustrated for me an important point in Christian Science.

We had poured a new concrete floor in the barn, and after it had set, this donkey walked in to explore the new digs. But when he turned around to come back out, the sunlight reflecting off of the new concrete made it look like the floor was water rather than solid ground. He does not like crossing water at all, so he pressed himself up against the back of the barn and would not move.

I called to him to come out—but nope. I offered treats to lure him out—but he wasn’t buying it. I tried to lead him out with a halter—but still “No can do.” He was not going anywhere if it meant crossing that water—or more accurately, what he believed to be water.

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