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

Child’s injured hand restored 

Catherine Byers

In the minutes it took to walk home, my son’s hand was completely healed. 
Testimony of Healing

Recurring back pain gone 

Susan Tish

With this new conviction of my natural spiritual poise, I rejected the notion of that painful condition as part of me. Freedom and strength settled over me.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Testimony of Healing

Back injury healed 

Elizabeth Beall

Healing is a natural outcome of practicing unselfed love. This experience inspired me to continue praying for the world.

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Testimony of Healing

A life transformed 

Grace Ngoindai Ajayi

Because of this healing, every statement in Science and Health was so real to me.
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Quick healing of sprained ankle 

Jackie Cvar

My houseguest was amazed when I walked into the living room without even a limp. He said, “Wow! Now I know why you are a Christian Scientist. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
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Burned hand quickly healed 

Shirley Schmidt

One day, I had prepared the evening meal and was removing a casserole from the oven, using only one oven pad.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Have you had a healing? Sharing it may bring hope to or even heal others. Visit Writer’s Corner to get started.

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Testimony of Healing

Overcoming hatred brings physical freedom 

William Ward

I resolved to do better and forgave the officer. The illness soon disappeared.
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Recovery from effects of physical trauma 

Joann Smedley

My overarching feeling during this experience was gratitude—for the availability of the Christian Science nursing facility, for the practical and loving nursing care I received from the Christian Science nurses, for my family’s care, and for the Christian Science practitioner’s patience and faithful prayer. 
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A life enriched and a smoking habit healed 

Michael Reiser

I had tried in vain to stop smoking using self-will, but it was the loving metaphysical treatment from a Christian Science practitioner that resolved this issue.
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Pain-free mobility restored 

Emily Mayer Kendrick

Early in my marriage and after I became a mother, I suffered debilitating back issues for a few weeks at a time.
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Runner freed from pain 

Claire McArthur

It was just so clear to me that the pain wasn’t real and that I needed to guard my thinking rather than look for either a material cause or a material remedy. That was the end of the pain.
Testimony of Healing

No aftereffects from head injury 

Johanna Admiraal

No injury was found, and I was allowed to go home. I thanked God for His infinite love.