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Following the star

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

God’s light shines on and for all of us, all the time.
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Christmastime goodwill ... always

Suzanne Riedel

Learning the nature of God as Love itself, as the divine Principle and law of good for all creation, leads us to realize that the love and peace and healing power that Jesus’ life and ministry modeled were given to us to be emulated.
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God holds Her child

Kit Cornell Kurtz

Christmas: dawning, opening, unfolding ...
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Honoring Christ through our lives

Mónica B. Esefer Passaglia

Every day, we can abandon a materialistic view of life and wholeheartedly honor Christ through lives filled with healing. 
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Image and Inspiration

Christ will be the beacon that will light our way.

—Enrique S. Turrall, English translation Mary Louise Bringle, Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603, Hymn No. 517, adapt. © CSBD

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HOW I FOUND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

My thinking about life shifted to a spiritual basis

Ronald R. Fontana

I realized with great conviction that if there was a God, He would never want His creation to suffer.
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What if our path looks different than we expect?

Kaya Equevilley

Life was going to be good if it went exactly as planned … or so this author thought. But when the “perfect” college turned out to be anything but perfect for her, she learned where the good in her life really comes from and the divine guidance she could lean on to find a new way forward.
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These books healed me: A life transformed

With Doug Sytsma

This week’s guest, Doug Sytsma, was sitting in a jail cell when, despite having little interest in religion, he picked up the Bible. As it turned out, reading the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy healed him of addiction and a mental health disorder. Listen to find out how.
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If Christmas …

Cheryl Ranson

is just a day—
even a momentous day 
in long ago Bethlehem—
how can Christmas 
be more than seasonal? 

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Finding Christmas within

Karen Neff

The Christ shines light in a darkened material sense of the world and reveals the actual presence and love of God.
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From the Christian Science Board of Directors

A new member of the Christian Science Board of Directors

The Christian Science Board of Directors

An announcement about an appointment of a new member of the Christian Science Board of Directors: Elizabeth (Beth) Schaefer, CSB. Rich Evans, CSB, has decided to rotate off the Board.
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Kids

Celebrating Christmas . . . before Christmas!

Sentinel staff

Here’s a Christmas activity you can do with your brother or sister, or with a friend, parent, or grandparent.
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Testimony of Healing

A Christmas gift

Mary Valentine

From that time on, I had total freedom to swallow and talk. I felt so much joy.
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Discolored spot gone

Rhett Rinne

I realized that if God is all good and the only substance, then good qualities and flawless substance are all that I can express because I’m made in the image of God.
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Testimony of Healing

Able to hike again

Nancy New

I was instantly and completely freed of fear and its limitations. I felt safe and secure, surrounded by Love, and my mother and I were able to finish the hike to the summit with great joy.
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Bible Lens

Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?

December 16–22, 2024

The Messiah was predicted to be a descendant of David who would bring salvation to everyone, even those considered sinners and outcasts.
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Bible Lens

Christian Science

December 23–29, 2024

For Jesus’ followers, the Comforter guarantees spiritual guidance and protection.
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Letters & Conversations

Linda Noren, Kim C. Korinek, Jobie Townshend-Zellner

This poem was just what I needed.
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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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What if our path looks different than we expect?

Kaya Equevilley

Life was going to be good if it went exactly as planned … or so this author thought. But when the “perfect” college turned out to be anything but perfect for her, she learned where the good in her life really comes from and the divine guidance she could lean on to find a new way forward.
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These books healed me: A life transformed

With Doug Sytsma

This week’s guest, Doug Sytsma, was sitting in a jail cell when, despite having little interest in religion, he picked up the Bible. As it turned out, reading the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy healed him of addiction and a mental health disorder. Listen to find out how.
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If Christmas …

Cheryl Ranson

is just a day—
even a momentous day 
in long ago Bethlehem—
how can Christmas 
be more than seasonal? 

But if Christmas …
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Finding Christmas within

Karen Neff

The Christ shines light in a darkened material sense of the world and reveals the actual presence and love of God.
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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

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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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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What if our path looks different than we expect?

Kaya Equevilley

Life was going to be good if it went exactly as planned … or so this author thought. But when the “perfect” college turned out to be anything but perfect for her, she learned where the good in her life really comes from and the divine guidance she could lean on to find a new way forward.
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These books healed me: A life transformed

With Doug Sytsma

This week’s guest, Doug Sytsma, was sitting in a jail cell when, despite having little interest in religion, he picked up the Bible. As it turned out, reading the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy healed him of addiction and a mental health disorder. Listen to find out how.
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If Christmas …

Cheryl Ranson

is just a day—
even a momentous day 
in long ago Bethlehem—
how can Christmas 
be more than seasonal? 

But if Christmas …
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Finding Christmas within

Karen Neff

The Christ shines light in a darkened material sense of the world and reveals the actual presence and love of God.
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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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Testimony of Healing

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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What if our path looks different than we expect?

Kaya Equevilley

Life was going to be good if it went exactly as planned … or so this author thought. But when the “perfect” college turned out to be anything but perfect for her, she learned where the good in her life really comes from and the divine guidance she could lean on to find a new way forward.
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These books healed me: A life transformed

With Doug Sytsma

This week’s guest, Doug Sytsma, was sitting in a jail cell when, despite having little interest in religion, he picked up the Bible. As it turned out, reading the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy healed him of addiction and a mental health disorder. Listen to find out how.
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If Christmas …

Cheryl Ranson

is just a day—
even a momentous day 
in long ago Bethlehem—
how can Christmas 
be more than seasonal? 

But if Christmas …
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Finding Christmas within

Karen Neff

The Christ shines light in a darkened material sense of the world and reveals the actual presence and love of God.
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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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