This week's issue | February 6, 2023
Why am I not in church?
February 13, 2023
Living in eternity
January 16, 2023
Start with the solution
January 30, 2023
The perfection of our connections
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Editorial
Why am I not in church?
Moji George
One day when I attended my usually vibrant and full branch church, the attendance was so sparse that I realized that this unnatural, unchristian apathy had to be addressed prayerfully—and that it had to start with me.
Article
Prayer can resolve economic hardship
Martine Blackler
Would-be stumbling blocks—seemingly ingrained thoughts that would suggest to me that our business was not good enough, that the country’s economy was going downhill, and so on—were overcome through daily prayer.
Article
How we can “hold crime in check”
James Rosebush
Under God’s control, which is not optional, man cannot desire to harm himself or others. Rather, the divine Mind impels him to do good to his fellow man.
Article
Mortals may climb the smooth glaciers, leap the dark fissures, scale the treacherous ice, and stand on the summit of Mont Blanc; but they can never turn back what Deity knoweth, nor escape from identification with what dwelleth in the eternal Mind.—Mary Baker Eddy, Unity of Good, p. 64
Article
To love an enemy
Evan Mehlenbacher
Whether facing a global tyrant, a threatening political leader, a domineering boss, or an intimidating family member, the same rule of “Love your enemies” applies, disarming the perceived enemy and rendering them harmless.
Kids
A healing after I fell off my bike
Maryann Mckay
God was right there with me, loving me and taking care of me, and I could think about God’s love instead of the fall.
This Week’s Featured Online Content
TeenConnect: Your Healings
No more menstrual cramps
Mabel Matteson
This teen was about to head out for a college visit when she was hit with discomfort she was afraid would ruin her trip. Read on to find out how prayer helped turn the situation around.
Sentinel Watch
Law and order
With Kevin Ness
Host David Brown speaks with Christian Science teacher and trained lawyer, Kevin Ness, about how Christian Science helped his former legal practice. Kevin shares how what he learned from law helped his practice of Christian Science, and how those lessons support law and order.
Poem
Those prison walls
Kelsey Lyon
We can feel imprisoned in our thinking, whether or not we find ourselves behind actual walls. This poem shows how prayer can bring down the walls.
Article
A healing response to culture wars
Curtis Wahlberg
The answer has to do with God, who doesn’t establish battles, but brings forth beauty and helpful activity in all of us.
Testimony of Healing
Quick healing after being hit by a bus
Ned McCarty
I prayerfully insisted, first mentally and then out loud, that I was fine.
Testimony of Healing
Freed of stomach pain
Syd Dunton
As I thought about that instruction to take no thought for what we eat, I knew I surely couldn’t follow it and at the same time believe that food or drink could have any effect on me, including a negative one.
Testimony of Healing
Congestion gone, hearing restored
Valerie Russell
I felt the presence and power of God, divine Love, ever with me and was deeply grateful for previous healings I had experienced in Christian Science.
Letters
Letters & Conversations
Susan Lewis, Katherine Ellis, Dan Schoch
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February 6, 2023 issue
Editorial
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Why am I not in church?
Moji George
Keeping Watch
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Prayer can resolve economic hardship
Martine Blackler
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How we can “hold crime in check”
James Rosebush
- Image and Inspiration
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To love an enemy
Evan Mehlenbacher
Kids
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A healing after I fell off my bike
Maryann Mckay
Healings
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Quick healing after being hit by a bus
Ned McCarty
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Freed of stomach pain
Syd Dunton
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Congestion gone, hearing restored
Valerie Russell
Bible Lens
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Soul
February 6–12, 2023
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Susan Lewis, Katherine Ellis, Dan Schoch
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Editorial
Living in eternity
Warren Berckmann
I began to grasp the significance of life without interruption, reflecting divine Life, God.
Article
Can the world be saved?
Trinka Wasik
It is up to each of us individually to strive to see the allness and goodness of God, the only true power in the world. This is the salvation that has been brought to humankind by Christ Jesus.
Article
Grounded in God
Claudia McCracken Gerault
As God’s creation, we don’t deteriorate or weaken and cannot lose a single quality of good.
Article
A table in the wilderness
Judith Hedrick
All good is spiritual and comes from God, even when it seems that it is people who are doing the giving.
TeenConnect: My church
A gift for my community
Christi Whitehead
I handed out literature to passersby and got to explain what Christian Science is.
This Week’s Featured Online Content
TeenConnect: Your Healings
No more menstrual cramps
Mabel Matteson
This teen was about to head out for a college visit when she was hit with discomfort she was afraid would ruin her trip. Read on to find out how prayer helped turn the situation around.
Sentinel Watch
Law and order
With Kevin Ness
Host David Brown speaks with Christian Science teacher and trained lawyer, Kevin Ness, about how Christian Science helped his former legal practice. Kevin shares how what he learned from law helped his practice of Christian Science, and how those lessons support law and order.
Poem
Those prison walls
Kelsey Lyon
We can feel imprisoned in our thinking, whether or not we find ourselves behind actual walls. This poem shows how prayer can bring down the walls.
Article
A healing response to culture wars
Curtis Wahlberg
The answer has to do with God, who doesn’t establish battles, but brings forth beauty and helpful activity in all of us.
Testimony of Healing
Baby’s rash quickly disappears
Rachel Hanson
As I got in the car to drive to the day-care center, I committed to keeping myself focused on the knowledge that each of God’s children—my son and me, and everyone at the center—has an unbroken relation to our Maker.
Testimony of Healing
God, not time, heals shoulder
Karen Neff
I saw that this shoulder injury was an opportunity to gain a firmer foothold in my understanding of God as the only source of healing.
Testimony of Healing
Our reason for existing
Tessa Parmenter
It felt as though I cared deeply about everyone in the entire world. I was genuinely grateful for everyone’s reason for existing.
Letters
Letters & Conversations
Basília Bonifácio, Rosalie Dunbar, Tim Booth
We love hearing from readers. Here’s the conversation this week.
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February 13, 2023 issue
Editorial
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Living in eternity
Warren Berckmann
Keeping Watch
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Can the world be saved?
Trinka Wasik
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Written in the trees
Barb Goodspeed Grant
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Grounded in God
Claudia McCracken Gerault
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A table in the wilderness
Judith Hedrick
Teens
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A gift for my community
Christi Whitehead
Healings
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Baby’s rash quickly disappears
Rachel Hanson
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God, not time, heals shoulder
Karen Neff
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Our reason for existing
Tessa Parmenter
Bible Lens
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Mind
February 13–19, 2023
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Basília Bonifácio, Rosalie Dunbar, Tim Booth
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Editorial
Start with the solution
Larissa Snorek
To begin with the solution is the solution, and we find God’s divine goodness to be the only reality, right here and now.
Article
Grace and glory at a time of struggle
Judith Hardy Olson
It’s God’s grace that turns us wholeheartedly to Him, communicates His love, inspires our obedience, and demonstrates His attentive, intelligent control.
Poem
Meekness and might
James Walter
Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Meekness is the armor of a Christian, his shield and his buckler” (Message to The Mother Church for 1902, p. 19). This poem celebrates the protective Christly power of meekness.
Article
We don’t need a silver bullet
Madora Kibbe
Who needs a silver bullet when we have an all-good God in whom we can wholeheartedly trust?
Article
To calmly persist
Deborah Peck
Our God-given ability to rise above even the most stubborn opposition and calmly persist in acknowledging spiritual Truth has its reward in healing.
This Week’s Featured Online Content
TeenConnect: Your Healings
No more menstrual cramps
Mabel Matteson
This teen was about to head out for a college visit when she was hit with discomfort she was afraid would ruin her trip. Read on to find out how prayer helped turn the situation around.
Sentinel Watch
Law and order
With Kevin Ness
Host David Brown speaks with Christian Science teacher and trained lawyer, Kevin Ness, about how Christian Science helped his former legal practice. Kevin shares how what he learned from law helped his practice of Christian Science, and how those lessons support law and order.
Poem
Those prison walls
Kelsey Lyon
We can feel imprisoned in our thinking, whether or not we find ourselves behind actual walls. This poem shows how prayer can bring down the walls.
Article
A healing response to culture wars
Curtis Wahlberg
The answer has to do with God, who doesn’t establish battles, but brings forth beauty and helpful activity in all of us.
Kids
My Shepherd and me
Julia Schuck
Watching the sheep and the farmer made me feel loved, too—like God was wrapping me up in a warm, woolly blanket.
Testimony of Healing
God’s loving care
Trudi J. Carter
Filled with thoughts of God’s presence, I knew the truth that God, divine Life, was my life.
Testimony of Healing
Healed of sudden immobility
Alan Mitchell
I went and played my normal round of golf with no side effects whatsoever. There has been no recurrence of this condition.
Testimony of Healing
Freed from toe injury
Liz Butterfield Wallingford
Less than a week after the incident, I freely participated in several active days of family wedding activities—including happily dancing in heels.
Letters
Letters & Conversations
Christopher Bowers, Cathy Haukedahl, Maureen Blake
We love hearing from readers. Here’s the conversation this week.
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January 16, 2023 issue
Editorial
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Start with the solution
Larissa Snorek
Keeping Watch
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Grace and glory at a time of struggle
Judith Hardy Olson
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Meekness and might
James Walter
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We don’t need a silver bullet
Madora Kibbe
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To calmly persist
Deborah Peck
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An economy of ideas
Manette Fairmont
Kids
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My Shepherd and me
Julia Schuck
Healings
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God’s loving care
Trudi J. Carter
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Healed of sudden immobility
Alan Mitchell
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Freed from toe injury
Liz Butterfield Wallingford
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Christopher Bowers, Cathy Haukedahl, Maureen Blake
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Editorial
The perfection of our connections
Tony Lobl
The perfection of our connections is established in Spirit, as the Scriptures assure us. We’re forever at one with God, and through God, with each other.
Article
Your God-given purpose
Alison J. Hughes
No matter how challenging we may find it to realize our purpose, we can trust God to develop and guide our every step.
Article
An investment advisor prays about the stock market
George Massey
More important than my work or going on a trip with friends was my duty to God, “investing” in getting to know God more and listening for Mind’s guidance.
Poem
Listen . . .
Ken Cooper
The Word is
speaking . . .
The Logos of eternity declares itself,
its power:
It is Love—embracing the cosmos with
its dictation.
speaking . . .
The Logos of eternity declares itself,
its power:
It is Love—embracing the cosmos with
its dictation.
How I Found Christian Science
A friend introduced me
LuAnn Condon
I noticed that my friend was very happy, with a positive outlook on life. I wondered if her religion might have something to do with her attitude. So, I went to Christian Science Sunday School with her to find out if there might be a connection.
This Week’s Featured Online Content
TeenConnect: Your Healings
No more menstrual cramps
Mabel Matteson
This teen was about to head out for a college visit when she was hit with discomfort she was afraid would ruin her trip. Read on to find out how prayer helped turn the situation around.
Sentinel Watch
Law and order
With Kevin Ness
Host David Brown speaks with Christian Science teacher and trained lawyer, Kevin Ness, about how Christian Science helped his former legal practice. Kevin shares how what he learned from law helped his practice of Christian Science, and how those lessons support law and order.
Poem
Those prison walls
Kelsey Lyon
We can feel imprisoned in our thinking, whether or not we find ourselves behind actual walls. This poem shows how prayer can bring down the walls.
Article
A healing response to culture wars
Curtis Wahlberg
The answer has to do with God, who doesn’t establish battles, but brings forth beauty and helpful activity in all of us.
TeenConnect: Your Healings
I was able to play soccer again
Lincoln Benson
I was sure that if I hadn’t turned to God and prayed, the recovery process would have taken much longer.
Testimony of Healing
Injured wrist healed
Kristin Halsey
I had the expectation that God’s ever-present goodness and love would meet my need.
Testimony of Healing
Prayer at work harmonizes and heals
Name Withheld
I prayed to see my manager as a loved child of God, just as I identified myself, and I vowed not to take offense over angry outbursts and unjustified accusations.
Testimony of Healing
Lump vanishes
Robin Pryor
I felt uplifted and surrounded—encompassed—by Love’s care.
Letters
Letters & Conversations
Margaret Wylie, Mike McNabb, Margi Griffith
We love hearing from readers. Here’s the conversation this week.
Other formats
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January 30, 2023 issue
Editorial
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The perfection of our connections
Tony Lobl
Keeping Watch
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Your God-given purpose
Alison J. Hughes
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An investment advisor prays about the stock market
George Massey
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Listen . . .
Ken Cooper
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A friend introduced me
LuAnn Condon
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Resolve
Joan Hellmund
Teens
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I was able to play soccer again
Lincoln Benson
Healings
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Injured wrist healed
Kristin Halsey
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Prayer at work harmonizes and heals
Name Withheld
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Lump vanishes
Robin Pryor
Bible Lens
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Spirit
January 30–February 5, 2023
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Margaret Wylie, Mike McNabb, Margi Griffith