Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness

New memoirs of former Christian Scientists are seldom published. There are a few, Blue Windows and Fathermothergod, and now we can add to the list Peggy Cook’s excellent new memoir, Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness. This exceptional memoir clearly articulates many of the challenges of growing up in Christian Science. 

Filled up Full

Filled Up Full originally appeared on Kindism.org, it is reprinted here with slight edits and permission. The other evening one of the children thoughtfully pulled all the books off the…

Ask A Nurse: Headaches

Ask a NurseThe ExCS site has teamed with a registered nurse and paramedic with a background in healthcare education and public health. Married to a former-CS, the Nurse would like…

Feeling Emotions

By Jodi, a Blog Contributor I am positive it's been said elsewhere on this blog, multiple times, that Christian Science teaches that "there are bad emotions." I am positive, also,…