I had a healing that was significant this past year while working as a tour guide at The Mother Church. In our department’s morning briefing, we’d addressed a question the public sometimes asks: “What would you do if you broke your leg?”; I was inspired by the examples of healing shared by my fellow guides and hosts, and later that day I was protected myself from a belief of accident.

A group of women from China (who spoke no English) came to see the church. Eagerly, they accepted Chinese translations of “What is Christian Science?” and entered the elevator with another guide. Running over to the elevator, I slipped and fell hard on the marble floor, to the surprise and dismay of the women watching me. While the other guide helped me, I dismissed the accident and went ahead with my duties. I thought to myself, “How could I be hurt here, of all places?” Because being in The Mother Church, and on duty there, has always been so fortifying. Though tempted, I continued to know I couldn’t be hurt. Soon afterward, I needed to bring some books from CSPS. When I returned, walking sprightly up the church steps carrying a box of books, the Chinese women were just leaving. They looked me up and down incredulously, then smiled. They had witnessed Christian Science in action. Within a couple of weeks, any lingering symptoms were gone, and I was stronger for this experience.