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Healing grief—lessons from a monarch way station

Robin Hoagland

Faith provides that mental space where we lose the caterpillar views of ourselves as we behold the butterfly we’ve always been—as we behold the radiant truth of our unchanging spiritual identity.
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A discovery that heals

Janet Hegarty

When we stop judging life based on the view through the lens of matter and instead judge righteously—spiritually—thought rises above the clouds of fear and brings the ever-present goodness and harmony of God to light, revealing our continuous health and wholeness.
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Self-government and serving in church

Lauren Littell Creighton

By putting God first, I haven’t had any trouble fitting church commitments into my life. 
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now hear this

Bobby Lewis

now
not a point in time
bracketed by past & future
not an illusive wisp
carried off . . . 
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What the prodigal parable means to me

Gina McMurchy-Barber

There was a time in my twenties when I took a journey from home—and from my marriage. I was lured away in search of something “better.” But when I got there, I quickly learned that I’d been duped. 
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Is it ever too late to pray?

With Janet Hegarty

Janet Hegarty learned something surprising to her when she first became acquainted with Christian Science: Past events aren’t set in stone. Find out why—and how we can experience this in our own lives—in this week’s episode.
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Children of Love

Hugh Eccles

Genesis One revealed
   God’s creation, 
where children of Love, His ideas,
   are spiritual—
individually defined …
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Why choose kindness?

Larissa Snorek

Consider what might happen, individually and collectively, if we were to become conscious of God’s infinite love and the spiritual fact that nothing except Love and its effects are real.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning that God is always with me

Eva Knapwurst

It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset. 
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Learning another language wasn’t scary anymore

Angel Chopra

Ever felt intimidated while trying to learn another language? This teen did—until she discovered that prayer could help.
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The hem of Christ’s garment

Melissa de Teffé

Realizing these truths left me serene, calm, and happy. Certain that I was taken care of by God, I forgot all about the problem. Two days later, the rash was gone and my skin perfect once again.
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Trusting God with the details

Charles Lindahl

My family has been blessed by an understanding of God’s ever-presence and infinite goodness and by placing our trust in God.
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Painful arm condition overcome

Paul Ngugi

Through prayer based on the teachings of Christian Science, my own thought was lifted to touch the hem of Christ’s garment—to the perception of life as spiritual and my identity as whole and free of sickness.
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Mortals and Immortals

May 12–18, 2025

Christly transformation takes place as God’s glory is perceived as real and present.
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Letters & Conversation

Nancy Basil, Jobea Lindley, Toni Alexander

What a beautiful article—a blessing for individuals of any age.
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Lacking nothing

Tony Lobl

Whatever we seem to lack, or fear we might lack in the future, is a “right idea” that is forever found in God and that we always include and reflect as God’s image. 
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Reputation or character?

Debora Denny

I am deeply grateful to God for guiding my career in a way that is both satisfying and morally sound.
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Climbing with humility

Richard Nisley

Foolishness and a lack of humility had led to my entrapment. But I was able to listen for God’s direction and I knew I could trust Him. 
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Over and over again

Gay Bryant Flatt

When we rely consistently and unreservedly on God, Love meets the need, not just once but again and again. 
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Ready to explore?

Jenny Sawyer

Explorers could be anyone who wants to think and see in new ways.
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Relieved of cold symptoms while traveling

Carolyn James

This thought came to me: “You cannot catch anything.” I knew this thought was the verdict from God.
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Is it ever too late to pray?

With Janet Hegarty

Janet Hegarty learned something surprising to her when she first became acquainted with Christian Science: Past events aren’t set in stone. Find out why—and how we can experience this in our own lives—in this week’s episode.
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Children of Love

Hugh Eccles

Genesis One revealed
   God’s creation, 
where children of Love, His ideas,
   are spiritual—
individually defined …
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Why choose kindness?

Larissa Snorek

Consider what might happen, individually and collectively, if we were to become conscious of God’s infinite love and the spiritual fact that nothing except Love and its effects are real.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning that God is always with me

Eva Knapwurst

It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset. 
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Saved from a scam

Carolyn Wicker

There is no situation, even in a world filled with technology, that cannot be addressed and healed. 
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Persistence in prayer brings freedom

Jennifer McLaughlin

Again and again, I affirmed that I was a spiritual idea of the divine Mind, God, and was pure and perfect—and the more I not only believed but also understood this, the more solid and peaceful I felt. 
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Soul and Body

May 19–25, 2025

“Chief corner stone” depicts Christ as the foundation on which both Jew and Gentile are “builded together.”
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Letters & Conversation

Arthur Colyar, Trudi Carter, Susan D. Doughty

When we refuse to forgive, we hinder our own healing.
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Our Gethsemane moments

Mary Alice Rose

The magnitude of what Jesus accomplished through his Gethsemane experience can be immensely helpful in the less world-changing but still significant events in our lives.
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Keeping Watch

Find peace by resting in God

Mark Swinney

Following Jesus’ example, no matter how the storms of daily life crash and rumble, we can meekly yield to God’s constant calm. 
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God’s heir

Susan S. Collins

Our heavenly Father is to His beloved reflection
as immortal Principle is to its devoted heir:
ever-bestowing. 

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Bowling alone?

Susan Angle Damone

I’ve found that isolation and diminishing social capital can be addressed effectively through prayer—through growing closer to God and gaining a better understanding of Him as our Father-Mother.
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A lesson from my donkey

Bobby Lewis

When I walked back and forth across that concrete, I showed that sweet donkey what was real all along. And when we are struggling with something difficult, prayer does that for us. 
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Image and Inspiration

As sings the mountain stream, 
      Past rock and verdure wild, 
So let me sing my way to You,
     Your pure and happy child.
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Is it ever too late to pray?

With Janet Hegarty

Janet Hegarty learned something surprising to her when she first became acquainted with Christian Science: Past events aren’t set in stone. Find out why—and how we can experience this in our own lives—in this week’s episode.
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Poem

Children of Love

Hugh Eccles

Genesis One revealed
   God’s creation, 
where children of Love, His ideas,
   are spiritual—
individually defined …
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Why choose kindness?

Larissa Snorek

Consider what might happen, individually and collectively, if we were to become conscious of God’s infinite love and the spiritual fact that nothing except Love and its effects are real.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning that God is always with me

Eva Knapwurst

It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset. 
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Pure hearts and window washing

Grace and Kayla

A pure heart is a heart that sees God’s goodness all around.
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Grateful for Christian Science

María Teresa Fuentes-Bórquez

I kept reading Science and Health, and suddenly I realized that just as I didn’t need the medication, I also didn’t need to be in bed, and everything was healed in about three days.
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Divine Love dissolves hostility

Nancy James

The bad feelings just dropped away, and I instead began to see this colleague in a different light and appreciate her as a fellow child of God—and therefore an expression of His intelligence and wisdom. 
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Swollen foot restored to normal

Mary Marecek

I called out to my husband and told him that I could go on that errand for him after all. He’s seen me healed through prayer many times in the past, so he wasn’t surprised. 
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Probation After Death

April 21–27, 2025

Instructing children in the knowledge of God was a time-honored custom in Hebrew families.
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Craig Todd, Kim Opekar, Francine Jack

This is a clear and deeply helpful article that is much needed at this time and very useful throughout life.
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Divine Love’s power to neutralize toxicity

Jan Keeler Vincent

Love’s totality leaves no room for any kind of harmful mental influence to exist and find expression in toxicity.
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A consciousness of Love heals suffering

Evan Mehlenbacher

There is immense healing power in a consciousness of infinite Love, for in this consciousness, evil loses all hold on thought.
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Are we using the right “solvent”?

Virginia Young

Like Jesus, we can let the power of Love, God, dissolve the tarnish of selfish thinking and let God’s brilliance shine through us.
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“Love never fails”

Mari G. De Milone

Among the qualities of inexhaustible divine Love is forgiveness. The freedom that the act of forgiving offers is beyond what words can describe. 
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Wilt thou be made whole?

Patti Maher

Will you release 
   the worldly thinking 
that shackles you today? 
Are you ready to see ...
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Finding healing of depression at college

Anna Matthys-Pearce

This college student was surprised when her first semester at college left her lonely and depressed. Read on to find out how her prayers brought her out of these dark feelings.
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Is it ever too late to pray?

With Janet Hegarty

Janet Hegarty learned something surprising to her when she first became acquainted with Christian Science: Past events aren’t set in stone. Find out why—and how we can experience this in our own lives—in this week’s episode.
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Children of Love

Hugh Eccles

Genesis One revealed
   God’s creation, 
where children of Love, His ideas,
   are spiritual—
individually defined …
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Article

Why choose kindness?

Larissa Snorek

Consider what might happen, individually and collectively, if we were to become conscious of God’s infinite love and the spiritual fact that nothing except Love and its effects are real.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning that God is always with me

Eva Knapwurst

It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset. 
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Quick recovery after car accident

Edith Anderson with contributions from Kathy Kraysler

I felt such peace, knowing that our daughter’s life is always in the care of God, Love, and that she could never be deprived of that care.
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Illness overcome while acting in a play

Lynne Tucker

Prior to a community theater performance, I felt concerned about my ability to perform my part.
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Injured arm healed

Mary Ramsay

Prayer led to healing for this author after an incident involving a rambunctious dog. 
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Everlasting Punishment

April 28–May 4, 2025

God does not tarry or delay, but generously provides opportunities for repentance.
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Todd Wittenberg, Rosemary Deary, Diane Sheth

Thank you for this testimony.
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Our ever-available inheritance from God

Tony Lobl

When it comes to Spirit, we don’t have to wait to receive the inheritance that “the Father of lights” is freely giving us moment by moment.
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Keeping Watch

Stay on the wall

Karen Neff

We can think of our God-given perfection as our “wall” that we defend each day in prayer. We are not working up to this perfection but out from it, knowing as Mind knows, so we cannot be talked out of or down from our certainty of what is true. 
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How do I see myself?

Wendy Landry

I could accept a false picture of myself and suffer the consequences, or accept the true picture of myself and experience healing.
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How I found Christian Science

Listening to the call of divine Love

Ian Otieno

Something about the teachings of Christian Science kept ringing in my heart, prompting me to explore further.
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No matter who

J. Kimberley Bain Hancock

While God doesn’t choose a particular political candidate, His nonstop love always prevails.
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How I prayed for my mom when she didn’t feel well

Walter

By the next day, my mom was totally well.
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Is it ever too late to pray?

With Janet Hegarty

Janet Hegarty learned something surprising to her when she first became acquainted with Christian Science: Past events aren’t set in stone. Find out why—and how we can experience this in our own lives—in this week’s episode.
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Children of Love

Hugh Eccles

Genesis One revealed
   God’s creation, 
where children of Love, His ideas,
   are spiritual—
individually defined …
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Article

Why choose kindness?

Larissa Snorek

Consider what might happen, individually and collectively, if we were to become conscious of God’s infinite love and the spiritual fact that nothing except Love and its effects are real.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Learning that God is always with me

Eva Knapwurst

It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset. 
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No more allergy symptoms

Dimple Mittal

When I found out about Christian Science, I began to have faith that permanent healing from every problem is possible through prayer, so I decided to rely on Christian Science for a healing of allergies.
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Never lost

Ellen Austin

I was never lost to divine Mind or outside of the spiritual laws that include right timing, right action, and good outcomes.
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Asking for help yields healing results

Dan Ziskind

I was amazed at the effectiveness of the practitioner’s treatment, which set a standard that I could now make my own.
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Adam and Fallen Man

May 5–11, 2025

Christ Jesus’ authority over demons is a hallmark of his ministry.
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Readers respond

Linda Sirola, Yasmin Merchant, Susan Patterson, Bob Press

We love hearing from readers. Here’s the conversation this week.
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