Testimonies of Healing

The healings we publish are verified by people who can vouch for the testifier or who know of the healing. Examples of Christian healing from individuals and families around the world have been published in the Christian Science periodicals for well over a century.

The most recently-published testimonies are at the top.

Testimony of Healing

A college student and a quick healing 

Ryan Swinney

One day I was boiling water on the stove for pasta and happened to spill some on my socked feet.
Testimony of Healing

No more pain 

Carla Carrubba

Two years ago, when I was traveling in a foreign country, I began to feel pain when I urinated.

Audio Collection

A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Testimony of Healing

Steady prayer, progress, and healing 

Suzanne Goewert

A number of years back, I was playing in a friendly inter-dorm volleyball game at the college for Christian Scientists, where I worked as a resident counselor.

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Testimony of Healing

True identity found 

Sharon Leman

When I was very young, my parents told me that I was adopted, and this ended up being the lens through which I viewed myself.
Testimony of Healing

Emergency responders, armed with prayer 

Lauren Blake Crandall

This testimony was originally read during an online Wednesday testimony meeting of The Mother Church and has been adapted for print.
Testimony of Healing

'My breath returned to me' 

Geoffrey D. Hill

One day earlier this year I awoke unable to catch my breath.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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Testimony of Healing

No more neck or head pain 

Jyoti Bajaj

Before I began studying Christian Science six years ago, neck pains and headaches were very common in my day-to-day life.
Testimony of Healing

Of stones and bones 

Biff Bigbie

While in grade school I became fascinated with dinosaurs.
Testimony of Healing

Safe horseback ride home 

Louisa with contributions from Marjie

When my family and I were staying in a hacienda on vacation, we decided to go horseback riding.
Testimony of Healing

God is always with us 

Maka Chkhaidze

I grew up in Georgia, a small country in the South Caucasus.
Testimony of Healing

Spiritual light overcomes dark thoughts 

Mary Langworthy

About 40 years ago, when I was starting Christian Science nurses’ training after I graduated from college, a bleak sense of impenetrable darkness—feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness—settled on me one night, to the point that suicide seemed not just a reasonable option but the next best step.
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Painful growth disappears 

Lauren Littell

Last spring, during a semester away at college, I found myself going through a difficult time with one of my best friends.