Spirituality and the practice of prayer isn’t a lifestyle choice. It is basic to who I am. My family was introduced to Christian Science through my dad’s healing of acute depression. So, I was exposed to the idea that God heals sickness from an early age. At twelve, I prayed to God to heal my foot after impaling it on a rusty nail. Within moments of starting to pray, the pain stopped and the healing began. The wound was healed by the evening and I never had any ill effects — no problems with tetanus, infection or scarring. What had been a glowing ember of interest in all things relating to God was fanned to a full flame by this healing. Before I was out of high school I started training to be a Christian Science nurse.
Ten years of Christian Science nursing provided me with loads of experience in healing through spiritual means. By the time I opened my first public office as a Christian Science practitioner in 1989, I had witnessed a great number of healings through prayer. From personal experience, I can share accounts of healings of broken bones, tumors, pneumonia, eating disorders, heart disease, mental and emotional disorders, financial difficulties and more. I have observed in the practice of Christian Science that, no matter what is the condition or problem du jour, the simple example and teachings of Christ Jesus lead to the spiritual views of God and man that produce healing. Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures unlocks the treasure trove of the Bible that leads to a better understanding of God.
(Michelle is available for in-person and hybrid lectures only.)
Titles of Available Lectures
Christian Science: What it is and how it heals
In-person Format with PowerPoint: Through honest talk about the questions skeptics ask, this one hour lecture tackles the essentials of Christian Science – its theology, its Christianity and its role in healing – giving an insider’s look at Christian Science treatment through prayer for physical cure. Please note that after the lecture, I hold an open Q&A period with the audience members who volunteer to stay. These Q&A sessions generally run anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
For those who have resisted a serious consideration of Christian Science, this lecture gives a clear, logical and compelling response to the following questions:
- Why is it that genuine healing involves more than purely physical factors based on a patient's biology and genetic make-up?
- How is Christian Science prayer treatment on the cutting edge of healthcare?
- What does Christian Science offer beyond positive thinking or faith healing?
- How is Christian Science both spiritual and scientific?
Please email BoLpublicity@christianscience.com for more information about using the publicity items below.
- A4 flyer sample
- A5 flyer sample
- A6/US/CAN postcard sample
- US/CAN flyer sample
- web ad/banner sample
- press release
- media advisory
- radio ad
Christian Science: What it is and how it works
This is the UK title for the above lecture.
Please email BoLpublicity@christianscience.com for more information about using the publicity items below.
Finding God, finding health
In-person Format with PowerPoint: This one hour lecture introduces Christian Science to general audiences. It explains the living God as active, present and accessible. No one is, or can be, cut off from or left out of the divine presence. The unique revelation of God’s full nature, as explained by Christian Science, opens the divine ability in us to not just survive, but to thrive. Please note that after the lecture, I hold an open QA period with the audience members who volunteer to stay. These QA sessions generally run anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
This lecture presents facts of the life of Mary Baker Eddy that bring out her role as a Christian healer from her youth, up to, and after her discovery of the explanation in Christian Science of how such healing happens. It responds to common questions about Christian Science and its practice:
- How does an understanding of God result in healing?
- Does one have to be a "believer" to be healed through prayer?
- Why would one choose prayer as a viable form of health care?
- How is a system of healing prayer researched and developed in the late 1800s relevant today?
- Where do Jesus and Christianity fit into the discussion of finding God and finding health?
- Is there a moral element to effective spiritual healing through prayer?
Please email BoLpublicity@christianscience.com for more information about using the publicity items below.
- A4 flyer sample
- A5 flyer sample
- A6/US/CAN postcard sample
- US/CAN flyer sample
- web ad/banner sample
- press release
- media advisory
- radio ad
Finding God
This is the UK title for the above lecture.
Please email BoLpublicity@christianscience.com for more information about using the publicity items below.
Angry no more: From hurt to health through forgiveness
In-person Format with PowerPoint: This one-hour lecture introduces Christian Science and healing through prayer for emotional, mental and physical issues stemming from unhealed anger. (Also note that after the lecture, I hold an open QA period with the audience members who volunteer to stay. These QA sessions generally run anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour.)
For those who have felt victimized by their circumstances, trailed by a sad past, or who are marked by abuse, this lecture offers insights that neutralize perpetual reaction to pain and anger. The spiritual reasoning through prayer, taught in Christian Science, opens one's natural ability for peace, forgiveness, restoration and progress.
The life of Mary Baker Eddy is discussed in the context of the spiritual insight and healing that led to her becoming a world-renowned American religious reformer. It addresses common questions about Christian Science and its practice:
- How does Christian Science deal with sin?
- Is there any act so heinous that one cannot forgive?
- Is Christian Science teaching on anger, sin and forgiveness Bible-based?
- What about the Christian aspect of Christian Science?
- Are Old Testament scriptures helpful in practicing mercy and forgiveness?
- Is Christian Science treatment effective in healing emotional, mental and behavioral difficulties stemming from abuse?
This lecture is adaptable for prisons, shelters, panels, and classroom settings where anger, violence and abuse subjects are relevant. This lecture particularly lends itself to community emergencies and can be readied and given with a short prep time.
Please email BoLpublicity@christianscience.com for more information about using the publicity items below.
- A4 flyer sample
- A5 flyer sample
- A6/US/CAN postcard sample
- US/CAN flyer sample
- web ad/banner sample
- press release
- media advisory
- radio ad
Prayer that removes fear
This is an updated title for "Finding your immunity from disease."
In-person Format with PowerPoint: This talk, available both in short or full-length format, opens into a QA period to respond to questions about Christian Science prayer for healing, with a special focus on addressing fear and contagion.