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Ruth's Story: Turn to Medical Hospice
A writer recounts the final weeks of their devoted Christian Scientist mother: her decline in a Christian Science nursing facility and her move to medical hospice care.
Please Bring Your Testimony to its Healing Conclusion
Former Christian Scientists share memories of Wednesday testimony meetings, Thanksgiving services, and the stories people told there.
I had given plenty of time for the ‘work’ to ‘work’
A former Christian Scientist describes childhood injuries and itching treated without medical care, secretly buying Noxema, and the anxiety and trauma that surfaced later.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Everybody does it."
A former Christian Scientist describes finding signs of breast cancer at 42, choosing a mastectomy, and a church member’s whispered reply: “Everybody does it.”
There isn't ANYTHING that Christian Science doesn't promise
An anonymous contributor argues that Christian Science promises perfection, no suffering, and even no death, and breeds arrogance and a habit of dodging rational debate.
Doctors Showed Me Compassion
Former Christian Scientists describe their first doctor visits, from a baby’s emergency room trip to a wart, cataract surgery, and a cyst, and the compassion they found.
“I went to the doctor” Madeleine’s Story
Madeleine describes seeing a doctor for the first time after thirty years in Christian Science, to find out whether years of heart symptoms meant heart disease.
"The people here are so nice."
A contributor calls 911 when their Christian Science mother falls into a diabetic coma. The call extends her life six years and is one step in the writer’s path out of the church.
Christian Science Is Not Comfort
A third-generation Christian Scientist describes severe depression and anxiety around age thirty, psychiatric care, and why the teaching that suffering is your fault felt cruel.
Why I'm doing this
Elizabeth, the site’s content editor, recounts a grandfather’s death and another’s disabling stroke, both under Christian Science, and hopes to help someone now.