Articles & Testimonies
Finding The Light — A Christian Science Testimony (In Portuguese and English)
Click here for the original Portuguese version of this testimony. When I was a new student of Christian Science I was very enthusiastic about sharing it with others, even strangers. One Spring day 30 years ago I was walking to my office on the East Side of Manhattan...
Um Encontro Com A Luz — Um Testemunho Da Ciência Cristã (Em Português E Inglês)
Click here for the English translation of this testimony. Quando eu era um estudante jovem da Ciência Cristã, estava muito entusiasmado em compartilhá-la com os outros, até com estranhos. Há uns 30 anos atrás, num dia de primavera, caminhava no lado leste de...
Testimony
The day that I discovered Emergence International, was, as I announced at the conference, the very same day that I came out to another member of my family just a couple of months ago. That's why I thought it was so appropriate in my case that the sign directing us...
Letter to The Christian Science Board of Directors
December 9, 1997 Virginia S. Harris, Chairman The Christian Science Board of Directors 175 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115-3187 Dear Mrs. Harris: With great care I shall explain why a life-long student of Christian Science felt compelled to withdraw from church...
Testimony
When I was in elementary school I noticed that there was something different about me but I did not know what is was. By the time I got into high school I was popular and was voted senior class vice president. My parents were divorced and my dad was not friendly to...
Response to the Testimony of M. Mohlenbrock
Thank you for sharing the article you wrote. I am not exactly sure what the road is like for a straight person to accept and understand GLBT issues, so I am touched to read your story. In some cases, acceptance of GLBT issues might be easier for a straight person as...
Testimony
I was raised in Texas as an Episcopalian. I do not recall any mention of homosexuality in that church nor indeed in any religious context. However, there was a great deal of negativity aimed at "queers" from the public in general. To avoid being ostracized,...
Testimony
In 1969 the man I was in love with was killed in an automobile accident. I was not a Christian Scientist at the time — actually was Assistant Organist at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and was an Episcopalian (the church that ordained the gay Bishop —...
How, as a heterosexual, I overcame the “culture” of homophobic thinking
I grew up in the midwest. I guess it was during a time of "if you're different from us we can make fun of you". I know that along with my friends we would pick on the "queers". Was it because they made us uncomfortable? That they were "different"? I don't know. It was...
Neither Gay nor Straight
The revelation which came to Mary Baker Eddy included the vision that gender, or sexuality, is a human concept, a limited perception of individual identity. Gender... is a quality, not of God, but a characteristic of mortal mind (Science and Health 305). Masculine,...
