0.0 – Christian Science Author – Ann Beals – Biography and Publication Index

Ann Beals is a life-long Christian Scientist. Her family came into Christian Science through a healing she had before she was a year old. Doctors could not diagnose the illness or cure it. She seemed about to pass on when her mother called in a Christian Science practitioner who prayed for her until she regained consciousness. Within a short time she was completely healed. Her parents then took up the study of Christian Science and the family attended First Church of Christ, Scientist in Louisville, Kentucky. During her early years she had several healings of extremely serious illnesses through reliance on Christian Science. In time her father, Harry Smith, became a Christian Science teacher and lecturer.
After serving in the branch church in Decatur, Georgia, in different functions, she became a Christian Science practitioner, listed in The Christian Science Journal. She also contributed articles to the Christian Science periodicals.
Early in her practice work, she ........  realized the need for writings that explained more fully how to demonstrate Christian Science. As she watched the steady decline of the Christian Science Church, her concern for the future of the movement led her, in 1974, to publish independently of the Church organization her booklet Animal Magnetism.
She moved to California in 1977 and resigned from the Church. In 1980, she started The Bookmark with the conviction that the time had come when deeper writings on Christian Science had to be published and made available to everyone. For over twenty-five years she has published and promoted many profound works on Christian Science. She wrote papers on Christian Science, and served as publisher and editor of The Bookmark. The Bookmark is now operated by her son and daughter-in-law.  They offer an extensive selection of authors including both writings and recordings.Show all