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I was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, and enjoyed a very happy upbringing. I credit my parents, through their practice and understanding of Christian Science, with instilling in me a love for God and church.

In my twenties, religion seemed outdated, irrelevant, boring. It was the ‘60s – the era of recreational drugs, the war in Vietnam, and the ‘sexual revolution.’ After attending graduate school in New York, I pursued a career on Madison Avenue in advertising and marketing.

My most enduring memory following a near-fatal accident is of God assuring me that He was/is my very life. Trapped in my car, I was passing in and out of consciousness.

I am a fourth-generation Christian Scientist. As with every student, there comes a time to make Christian Science truly one's own. When I was in high school, the example of my Sunday School teacher, a practitioner, played an important role in my own commitment to Christian Science. After graduation from Principia College, I received Primary class instruction. At that time, I was a partner in an advertising agency in Newport Beach, California. That year, my first patient, a staff member in a client's organization, who was not a Christian Scientist, asked me for treatment and was healed.

Evelin Castellar Duarte Frizotti, brasileira, natural da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, é casada e tem uma filha. Já morou em várias cidades para acompanhar seu marido, oficial do Exército, nos lugares em que era designado para servir ao Brasil.

Would you like to learn more about how to write a compelling, healing Daily Lift and how to deliver it in a way that gets your message across effectively? Watch the replay of our recent Daily Lift webinar.

This is a reprint of the article "Contagion" which can be found on pages 228-229 of Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science.

Ever since he was a little boy, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred, famine, war, physical disease, and other hardships, their triumphs inspired him.

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When I was a teenager, my family moved to a small West Texas town. There, I met a family who were students of Christian Science.