Author
Chrystal
Chrystal's Story: On Recycling and Medicine
A former Christian Scientist describes ideas being rejected at two branch churches, from recycling to events, and members refusing to admit two young women who took medicine.
Chrystal's Story - Going Crazy At Branch Church
A former Christian Scientist recalls a toddler’s earache treated by a practitioner and the events she organized at her branch church, including a Bible camp.
Chrystal’s Story – Becoming a Christian Science Practitioner
Chrystal describes Class Instruction and becoming a Journal-listed Christian Science practitioner, including the unpaid work, the costs, and the church’s stance on doctors.
Chrystal's Story - I felt called by God to Practitioner Work
Chrystal, a fourth-generation Christian Scientist, recalls her first Quaker meeting, Principia College, grief over a death, and feeling called to practitioner work.
Chrystal's Story - Matter (AKA: The Human Body) Isn't Real - Middle School & High School
From Chrystal's series: opting out of health classes as a Christian Scientist teen, a deep foot cut at a Christian Science camp, and a likely dislocated toe never seen by a doctor.
Chrystal's Story - My First Lump
A fourth-generation Christian Scientist describes a cyst that grew on her face from fourth grade, years without treatment, and finally having it removed by a doctor as a teenager.
Chrystal's Story - My background: Raised by a Christian Science Nurse
Part one of Chrystal’s story: a fourth-generation Christian Scientist describes growing up with a Christian Science nurse father, a strict stepmother, and Sunday School.
Chrystal's Story - It's time we teach you how to pray
A former Christian Scientist recalls being taught to pray as a child by listing faults to deny each day, kneeling in front of the parents who dictated them.