Peace – The Ex-Christian Scientist

Chrystal’s Story: New Beliefs

April 22, 2018

This is part of an on-going series, for all posts in this series see the tag Chrystal’s Story. New Beliefs I have decided to completely start from scratch with my own spiritual belief system. It’s kind of fun, to see what I believe in. It reminds me of the end of the book series, “The Hunger Games.” The final book, “Mockingjay,” […]

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Chrystal’s Story: The Year I Left Christian Science

March 25, 2018

This is part of an on-going series, for all posts in this series see the tag Chrystal’s Story. A Wedding at Principia During my Reunion Weekend A few years ago, I went to my brother’s wedding weekend at Principia College’s Chapel (it’s a beautiful campus, with buildings designed by nationally renowned architect, Bernard Maybeck. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICioQ12vTo0 ). We were there for […]

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Chrystal’s Story: Finding My Way to the Quaker Path (Part 2)

February 25, 2018

This is part of an on-going series, for all posts in this series see the tag Chrystal’s Story. A note from Chrystal: I was born a fourth-generation Christian Scientist, and finally left the religion when I was in my 40s. In this blog series, I will do my best to share with you my 40+ year journey. I have done my […]

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Praying about The Weather & Natural Disasters: An Ex Christian Science Perspective

October 8, 2017

The following are thoughts and notes on the current natural disasters that are hitting the globe, by Chrystal. To begin … Well, first off, I just want to say these are sort of disjointed thoughts I’ve had over the years and I am still formulating my thoughts around these concepts. I guess the “uncovering” of random Christian Science thinking and […]

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