Blog
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.
Conscientious Objectors & War
A list of sources on Christian Science, conscientious objectors, and war, including articles, church publications from World War I, and Google Books links.
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.
The Wrong Mountain, or How I became a Humanist
Kat describes how a pregnancy emergency and a reading of the Bible led her away from Christian Science and religion to secular humanism.
Ancient, Basic, and Genuine Spirituality
A former Christian Scientist whose parents died without medical care describes leaving the church and finding a new spiritual path through Indigenous sweat-lodge ceremony.
He told me to try a Bible-believing church just once
An anonymous former Christian Scientist describes growing up in the church, leaving after a child’s death and failed healings, and finding a Presbyterian church.
Happy New Year!
A short New Year's note announcing a January 2017 series of essays and resources from former Christian Scientists exploring new spiritual and religious paths.
New Spiritual Paths
Announces a 2017 series of posts by people who left Christian Science for a new spiritual path, and invites readers to submit their own journey.
Season's Greetings from The ExChristian Scientist
A holiday note from The Ex-Christian Scientist with links to self-care tips, book recommendations, healthcare resources, and the site index.