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Humility, not reaction

Thomas Mitchinson

Humility is not a passive acceptance of evil. Instead, it is the willingness to turn to God faithfully and diligently and yield our human opinions and impulses to the fact that God is, in reality, in complete control of our lives.
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Is Christian Science still relevant?

Nancy K. Colbentson

I knew I could lean on every Christian Science healing I had ever experienced as proof that my deliverance was assured.
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Christ’s healing present

Bobby Lewis

The master healer calls you
to come forthno need to try to get back
to when things ...
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Love “bathes all in beauty and light”

Heather Bauer

Everything that had troubled me earlier that morning melted away, along with the symptoms of illness.
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Forgiveness is natural

Pete Paciorek

Practicing forgiveness is a deeply and divinely fulfilling way to live.
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Awakening to the Christmas star

Linda Sylva

Am I eagerly awake 
   as were the shepherds? 
Or 
Am I sleepily tending 
      only the sheep— 
   the busyness and 
      issues in my life? 
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Lose defensiveness, feel free

Sandy Graham

I was able to let go of my initial reaction. It felt so good to lose the anger, blame, and hurt and to embrace humility, trust, and Christlike love. 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning what really motivates me

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
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This book healed me: When I was completely alone

With Jennifer McLaughlin

Jennifer McLaughlin and her husband were living far from friends and family. One day, while her husband was away on business, Jen became very ill. And while it might sound surprising, she knew the help she needed could be found … in a book. Listen in to see what happened next.
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Testimony of Healing

Pet allergies overcome

Martha Hallaren

I reasoned that my metaphysical treatment based on the teachings of Christian Science—knowing what is true about God and His creation—could change the action of my belief on my body, and I wouldn’t need to suffer from being around cats again.
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Prayer breaks bad habits

Amber Hawks Schaberg

The urge to do crack my knuckles was simply washed away.
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Testimony of Healing

Severe back pain healed

Tyler Flavin

I knew that even one angel message—one thought from God—was enough for healing. I was grateful just to know that God was truly right there with me.
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Your spiritual destination is here

Elsa Dardie S. Dunlap

You’ve arrived; 
  you’re not getting “there.” 
There’s no future place to be, 
just here and now.

Your being is …
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Bible Lens

God the Only Cause and Creator

December 2–8, 2024

“In the beginning” indicates not a starting point or specific period but the eternal nature of God and His creation.
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Letters & Conversations

Jack Mathis, Lynn Jackson

This article has many excellent points, but I couldn’t help but wonder if it applies to the good people of Iran, North Korea, etc.
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What makes us new?

Jenny Sawyer

The ceaselessness of divine Life, a Bible-based name for God, is the ever-present renewing power. It restores, regenerates, and brings freshness to our lives—no matter the season.
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God, the great Conductor

Trevor Yates

Comporting ourselves with humility and listening for God’s guidance enables us to respect the part we each play and leads to greater harmony.
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Calming troubled political waters

Michael Mooslin

I once overheard a fellow church member say of one party’s candidate, “I don’t know how anyone can be a Christian Scientist and support them.
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Announcement

New Editor at The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Board of Directors

The Editor of The Christian Science Monitor, Mark Sappenfield, will be stepping back from his role as Editor, having decided to extend his stay in Berlin, Germany, where he and his family have been living since August 2023.
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How I Found Christian Science

Healings confirmed my intuitions about health

Steep Weiss

I felt enveloped in love and mentally well. I readily recognized that Christian Science was what I had been searching for.
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Kids

Jumping for joy

Oliver

The joy in my jump came from God, so it couldn’t go away.
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Awakening to the Christmas star

Linda Sylva

Am I eagerly awake 
   as were the shepherds? 
Or 
Am I sleepily tending 
      only the sheep— 
   the busyness and 
      issues in my life? 
Listen …
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Lose defensiveness, feel free

Sandy Graham

I was able to let go of my initial reaction. It felt so good to lose the anger, blame, and hurt and to embrace humility, trust, and Christlike love. 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning what really motivates me

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
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This book healed me: When I was completely alone

With Jennifer McLaughlin

Jennifer McLaughlin and her husband were living far from friends and family. One day, while her husband was away on business, Jen became very ill. And while it might sound surprising, she knew the help she needed could be found … in a book. Listen in to see what happened next.
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Testimony of Healing

Painful elbow condition overcome

John Marshall

Somewhere along the way, I stopped focusing on the problem and just enjoyed what I was learning in Christian Science. It was sometime after this shift in thought that I realized my arm was completely healed.
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Testimony of Healing

Purity of thought brings physical healing

Name Withheld

Both the discomfort and the limp instantly disappeared. I was immediately able to stand up straight and walk without pain.
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Testimony of Healing

No more bladder infections

Sue Boyd Oakes

I drove to church in wonder, because what had just happened was not possible within the medical assumptions of cause and effect that I had always accepted as reality.
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A star within

Béatrice Labarthe

It looks like summer light
is switched off                 
as cold autumn comes.
Oh, but when darkness deepens...
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Bible Lens

God the Preserver of Man

December 9–15, 2024

The Hebrew word šālôm (translated peace) has broad significance: fulfillment, prosperity, harmony, safety, and health.
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Letters & Conversations

Anne Melville, Grace S. Duffy

This is a super explanation of how to handle fear.
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Editorial

What are we assuming?

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

Our job is to listen for Christ’s voice pointing out, not just wrong thoughts we may be indulging, but the assumptions underlying those thoughts.
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Climate and God’s changeless love

Scott Jenkins

A fearful thought came: “You are out of time; the tornado is almost here!” But a soft presence embraced my heart with a conviction that time and space are nothing in the universe of Spirit, God.
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Image and Inspiration

O Lord[,] in the morning will
I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look up.

—Psalms 5:3
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When singing a hymn calmed the storm

Mark Catlin

In the chaos of a dark, frightening night, I needed to take to heart what the Apostle Paul understood—that “we live, and move, and have our being” in God (Acts 17:28).
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How I Found Christian Science

My search for truth

Hernando Pico Niño

Previously, I was always complaining about my luck and blaming God for all the negative things in my life. Nowadays, I am certain that I am a beloved son of God, without limitations. I feel completely free and satisfied. 
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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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Awakening to the Christmas star

Linda Sylva

Am I eagerly awake 
   as were the shepherds? 
Or 
Am I sleepily tending 
      only the sheep— 
   the busyness and 
      issues in my life? 
Listen …
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Lose defensiveness, feel free

Sandy Graham

I was able to let go of my initial reaction. It felt so good to lose the anger, blame, and hurt and to embrace humility, trust, and Christlike love. 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning what really motivates me

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
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This book healed me: When I was completely alone

With Jennifer McLaughlin

Jennifer McLaughlin and her husband were living far from friends and family. One day, while her husband was away on business, Jen became very ill. And while it might sound surprising, she knew the help she needed could be found … in a book. Listen in to see what happened next.
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Samuel listens to God

Gabriella Horbaty-Byrd

Samuel listened to God while he continued looking for his mom and brother.
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Testimony of Healing

Misery and depression lifted

Sharron Lane Boyd

On the street corner I was surprised to see a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. I immediately thought, “That is where I can be healed.”
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Testimony of Healing

Freed from leg pain

Ana Paula Carrubba

It has been reassuring to ponder the fact that nothing can stop us from progressing.
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Testimony of Healing

Cut healed instantly

Susan Huffman

If we have had an accident that resulted from our own mistake or bad judgment, that’s no reason to believe that we can’t find healing through Christian Science. 
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A spiritual approach to peacemaking

Gretchen Newby

I thought peacemaking meant 
Defusing conflict 
Mediating disagreements 
Smoothing ruffled feathers 
Restoring broken relationships ...
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Bible Lens

Mortals and Immortals

November 11–17, 2024

James stresses the immense power of sincere prayer to God. 
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Letters & Conversations

Farida Grewal, Gretchen Roberts, Suzanne Riedel

What a fabulously helpful article, beautifully written and read.
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Editorial

Healing is within reach

Lynn G. Jackson

The Christ acts naturally within thought to counteract all physical and mental concerns and fears. It heals. It destroys disease. It wipes away all tears.
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What is our purpose?

Gabriella Horbaty-Byrd

If we ever feel stuck, without a sense of meaning in what we do, or feel uncertain about our path forward, we can trust God’s law of progress.
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Image and Inspiration

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

—Revelation 22:2
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Daniel’s real job, and ours

Joshua Sprague

It’s been particularly helpful to me to understand that the God who guided Daniel in the Bible has been doing the same for me throughout my career.
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Poem

The lightest touch of Love

Kit Cornell Kurtz

It brings floating
to the surface
the good already there...
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Turning Points in Spiritual Growth

When I made Christian Science my own

Leonora Radivo

Within a few days the warts had completely disappeared. While the physical healing was indeed a real joy, it was especially dear to me because it was proof that everything I was learning in Christian Science about God and my spiritual identity was the truth.
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Awakening to the Christmas star

Linda Sylva

Am I eagerly awake 
   as were the shepherds? 
Or 
Am I sleepily tending 
      only the sheep— 
   the busyness and 
      issues in my life? 
Listen …
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Lose defensiveness, feel free

Sandy Graham

I was able to let go of my initial reaction. It felt so good to lose the anger, blame, and hurt and to embrace humility, trust, and Christlike love. 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning what really motivates me

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
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This book healed me: When I was completely alone

With Jennifer McLaughlin

Jennifer McLaughlin and her husband were living far from friends and family. One day, while her husband was away on business, Jen became very ill. And while it might sound surprising, she knew the help she needed could be found … in a book. Listen in to see what happened next.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Trusting God, even with the little things

Dean Ziesler

Even though I didn’t know how things would work out, I trusted the promise that God meets every need.
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Testimony of Healing

Healed of sudden paralysis

Christian Makengo

I turned to God in prayer to understand my true nature as a child of God—spiritual, permanent, and pure always, including at that moment. 
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Testimony of Healing

No more desire for alcohol

E. Nomi Naidu

As I began to know more about my relationship to God, the stifling thoughts of unworthiness fell away. I lost all desire for alcohol.
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Testimony of Healing

Quick recovery from foot injury

Jan Klesse

Immediately, what came to thought were the many healings I’d had as the result of prayer, and I knew this would be no exception.
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Bible Lens

Soul and Body

November 18–24, 2024

In both Jewish and Greek tradition, eyesight and light symbolize understanding or revelation.  
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Letters & Conversations

Elly Evans, DeEtta Greenwalt, Douglas Feltch

Thank you for this timely and extremely helpful article.
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Gratitude, even in our tough moments

Tony Lobl

Heartfelt gratitude to God for the good in our lives is a multiplier of that good.
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Good: Already at hand

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman

If there is a turn, an unexpected bump in the road, or even a disaster, we can still keep our thought aligned with God—with Love as the compass guiding us.
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When the wildfire approached

Carol Coykendall Caspary Raner

Instead of thinking of myself and the others as fire evacuees in a situation that was outside of God’s care, I found it comforting to remember that God was already right there and that we could remain untouched by anything that appeared to exist outside of the ever-presence of God, divine Love.
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No back talk!

Cynthia P. Barnett

I am even more confident that we can turn to God for effective and reliable spiritual solutions to health problems—with no fear of back talk.
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How I Found Christian Science

Changing the story of suffering

Graça de Maria Amorim dos Santos

I would stop in front of the church’s Reading Room window and read articles and testimonies in O Arauto da Ciência Cristã,. I felt that what I read was what I had always been seeking, and I wanted to be part of this religion.
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Turning Points in Spiritual Growth

I let God reform my thinking

Robert Schult

Just as darkness has no power to oppose the dawn of a new day, God’s love and its transforming effect cannot be stopped.
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Awakening to the Christmas star

Linda Sylva

Am I eagerly awake 
   as were the shepherds? 
Or 
Am I sleepily tending 
      only the sheep— 
   the busyness and 
      issues in my life? 
Listen …
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Article

Lose defensiveness, feel free

Sandy Graham

I was able to let go of my initial reaction. It felt so good to lose the anger, blame, and hurt and to embrace humility, trust, and Christlike love. 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning what really motivates me

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
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This book healed me: When I was completely alone

With Jennifer McLaughlin

Jennifer McLaughlin and her husband were living far from friends and family. One day, while her husband was away on business, Jen became very ill. And while it might sound surprising, she knew the help she needed could be found … in a book. Listen in to see what happened next.
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Poem

The Love-lit road

Katie Beth

God has laid His 
   precious stones
along a path that 
   leads to good.
The hurried ...
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We’re grateful for you!

Your youth editors

The same power that healed you has healed us, too. Another reason to be grateful!
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Testimony of Healing

Freed from rash and pain

Carol Anderson

I persevered in turning to God, and soon all trace of the rash, discomfort, and pain left. 
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Testimony of Healing

Triumph in church

Barbara Horton

I was filled with gratitude and joy because the healing message had come to me so clearly. As we drove home, I realized that I was completely well.
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Testimony of Healing

Promptly refuting symptoms brings healing

Steve Creighton

I was so confident in my God-given perfection and health that I joyfully gave thanks to God for this healing. Soon after, the symptoms dissipated, then disappeared completely.
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Bible Lens

Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced

November 25–December 1, 2024

When God’s might is exercised, wickedness is swept away.
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Bible Lens

Thanksgiving

2024

The commitment call to exalt the name of the one God reverberates throughout Hebrew Scripture.
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Letters & Conversations

Linda Vara, Jennifer Glaser, Justin McCarthy, Rita Jones

Such a powerful, clear article! I too love the book of Revelation.
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