Information, resources & support for those leaving or questioning Christian Science
By Jodi Happy December, everyone! I have written many posts on this blog. Two of the past posts I have done have been about celebrating Christmas or Yule or the Winter Solstice, after leaving Christian Science. I have talked about how my Christian Science parents taught me that “Santa Claus isn’t real,” because “we don’t […]
We Celebrate because Celebrations are Fun was originally shared on kindism.org, it is shared here with permission. With Easter around the corner, we wanted to give some thought about what, how, and why we choose to celebrate. I don’t remember where I first heard about Sasha Sagan’s book For Small Creatures Such as We, Finding Wonder […]
By Jodi, an Ex-Christian Scientist group contributor. “The Manual of The Mother Church” written by Mary Baker Eddy, has a guideline about not celebrating Easter. As far as I remember, it has no such thing about Christmas. I think each Christian Science family does their own thing about Christmas. Some folks celebrate with meals, family […]
The Thanksgiving Day service is the only ‘special’ service the Christian Science church offers. The readings from the desk include the Presidential proclamation for Thanksgiving, as well as a few passages from The Bible and Science and Health. The service is then opened to the congregation for them to share ‘testimonies of healing and sharing […]
The Thanksgiving Day service is the only ‘special’ service the Christian Science church offers. The readings from the desk include the Presidential proclamation for Thanksgiving, as well as a few passages from The Bible and Science and Health. The service is then opened to the congregation for them to share ‘testimonies of healing and sharing […]
Contributor Chrystal You can refer to so many posts on this page that share that “The Manual of The Mother Church” specifically states that we can have no special celebration for Easter. I got to thinking about this last week. The religion proclaims to be Christian. And most Christians think that God gave us his […]
By Jodi B., an Ex Christian Science contributor. There are things we all do when we are getting a new start: a new project, a new life, a new job, a new haircut. Maybe we think about what isn’t working, and what is working, so we can focus more on what is working and discard […]
This post was written by Contributor Jodi. One thing I have learned as I have left and watch others leave Christian Science, is that while there are some beliefs that are strong with the Christian Science belief system (for instance: there are exactly 7 names for “God” in Christian Science – they are known as […]
I have seen Halloween experienced (or not) from many interesting perspectives throughout my life. A few years ago we moved in to a neighborhood that throws a big shebang every year at Halloween. The Home Owners Association figured out that Halloween is the only time the majority of neighbors are in town / at home. […]
A Poem By B.L. Mom’s religion is more important than me She’d rather die than be Treated for cancer with medical care She puts her life in the hands of prayer She’d rather die than change her mind I stand by to watch and find Her suffering in pain more every day Slowly failing and […]