If you’re feeling haunted
It was just before Halloween, and I was rowing alone on a river that was new to me in a city I’d moved to six weeks earlier. When I returned from my row, I found a dead body floating near the dock.
I’d been president of my former rowing club and had comforted others who’d come across scenes like this. But this had never happened to me before. And because I was rowing after the boathouse rush was over, there was no one else around.
Before doing anything else, I prayed. I was being called to help this person who seemed beyond help, but as a Christian Scientist, I knew that the actions I took and my state of thought would be important in setting the tone for what happened next.
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