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Chrystal's Story: Finding The Way to the Quaker Path
A fourth-generation Christian Scientist describes caring for her father with Parkinson’s, moving, and finding a home in a Quaker Meeting after leaving.
Esoteric Christian Science: MBE as the Woman in Revelation
A look at the idea that Mary Baker Eddy is the Woman in Revelation, the church’s 1943 statement, the Bliss Knapp controversy, and a list of further reading.
Season's Greetings from The ExChristian Scientist
A 2017 holiday greeting from The Ex-Christian Scientist with links to self-care tips, book recommendations, healthcare resources, and the site index.
Thanksgiving - 2017
Thanksgiving testimonies from former Christian Scientists giving thanks for leaving, including losses of relatives who died without medical care.
Practicing Radical [Self] Reliance: Self care for former Christian Scientists (and for life in general)
Self-care suggestions for former Christian Scientists: crisis lines, accepting emotions, setting boundaries, and managing money, with links to DBT skills.
Happy Halloween!
Chrystal recalls Halloween in Christian Science: a costume and hidden candy, why some Christian Scientists avoided it as fear, and haunted houses at Principia and at home.
#MeToo
Content warning: rape and sexual assault. A former Principia College student describes an attempted date rape, a parent’s response years later, and an assault in a Reading Room.
Chrystal's Story: My 2nd Lump (Part 3)
Part 3: after a year of guilt, a former Christian Scientist sees a dermatologist about a lipoma, lives with the scar, and starts physical therapy.
Christian Science Gaslighting
How Christian Science teaching and fellow believers can leave sick people blaming themselves, with Mary Baker Eddy's courtroom allegory and the writer's own examples.
Praying about The Weather & Natural Disasters: An Ex Christian Science Perspective
A former Christian Scientist reflects on natural disasters and climate change, Christian Science stories of controlling the weather, and why prayer alone does not change it.