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Practical prophecy

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

We prophesy correctly when we cease to acknowledge any reality in material sense and increasingly recognize the present allness and power of God’s spiritual, wholly good, creation.
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Living in the kingdom of God, here and now

Peter Julian

The general belief is that each of us lives in a material body, while also possessing spiritual qualities. However, what Jesus was saying was not that we merely have a spiritual dimension but that the spiritual—the substance of the kingdom of God—is all there is and therefore all there is to us.
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Illumined

Katie Beth

Morning spreads
across the horizon 
of a new day …
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Good is natural

Judi Bell

I saw more clearly that my peace, health, sense of completeness, and joy depended not on what was going on in my body but on what was happening in my consciousness of God.
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How I found Christian Science

I wanted to know God’s plan for me

Pam Waller

I went upstairs to the medicine cabinet and threw the pain relievers and sleeping pills away. I never took another one, nor have I had another headache since.
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Image and Inspiration

As a drop of water is one with the ocean, a ray of light one with the sun, even so God and man, Father and son, are one in being.
—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 361
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Seeking healing change?

Bobby Lewis

What does one have to do
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Judge not . . . and be free!

Kim Crooks Korinek

I thought about my concerns. Were they based on seeing this individual’s innate goodness—and trusting in his ability to express that in being good and doing good? 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Alone in the woods

Caleb Stonecliffe

 A night out in the woods sounded like a fun adventure at first … until darkness descended and this teen had to face his fears with prayer.
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Our role in world events (part two)

With Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn

Our guest, Allison Rose-Sonnesyn, worked for the United States Congress drafting legislation and negotiating with policy stakeholders. She shares how understanding God as the source of true government helped her overcome political divisions in both her work and in her community. Allison has some compelling stories that show how we each play an important role in healing conflict in our lives and beyond.
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Sharing happiness at camp

Maryann McKay

What happened to those nighttime tears? They were gone. 
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Testimony of Healing

Persistent prayer fulfills yearning to be a mom

Bertina Norford

I started meekly asking God on my way to work each morning, “Who are my children today?” and childlike spiritual qualities—such as tenderness, innocence, and joy—would came to thought. I delighted in these qualities of God, which are innate to each one of us as His cherished offspring.
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Testimony of Healing

Grateful for Christian Science nurses

Charisse Matsumori

I was grateful for having experienced the care of a group of loving, confident healers—the practitioner, the Christian Science nurses, and other staff at the facility. What a blessing! 
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Sudden pain and fear gone

Anita Collins Arlen

God had revealed His love to me in a way that lifted me up and destroyed my fear. 
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Truth

July 22–28, 2024

Spiritual creation is ordered according to God’s will and proclaims His salvation.
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Melvyn Howe, Jobie Townshend-Zellner, Katie Holcombe, Katherine Roth

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What’s the assignment?

Jenny Sawyer

We live in a time when opinions, “hot takes,” and personal commentary are a regular part of how we relate to the world and each other. But how do we shift from being mainly observers and deconstructors to being participants and reconstructors?
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Let Love lift up your prayer

Elaina Simpson

If you ever struggle to find healing, you can affirm—not as some sort of mantra but as irrefutable fact—that God loves you. You have the humility to yield to this love, which removes fear.
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Is your battery drained?

Calder Ledbetter

At the peak of my activity last fall, it felt as if I was spending all the time I was not in school, athletics, or church, at the STEM lab. It was a busy time, and I felt like a drained battery. While I enjoyed the work, it felt unsustainable. This is when I realized I needed a more spiritual view.
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Love is . . .

Lindsey A. Roder

Love is not something to get
or to give away …
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How I found Christian Science

God turns a tale of woe into a healing victory

Rita Katsaras

I learned that God, as divine Mind, is the source of all movement. This transformed my thought about the mobility difficulties. I immediately acquired the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and soaked up its spiritual truths like a sponge.
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When a man approached me at the mall

Wendy Orfila

Our “intuition” is actually God speaking to us. While I don’t need to walk around scared, I can be wise and listen for that inner guidance—God’s voice.
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Seeking healing change?

Bobby Lewis

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Judge not . . . and be free!

Kim Crooks Korinek

I thought about my concerns. Were they based on seeing this individual’s innate goodness—and trusting in his ability to express that in being good and doing good? 
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Alone in the woods

Caleb Stonecliffe

 A night out in the woods sounded like a fun adventure at first … until darkness descended and this teen had to face his fears with prayer.
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Our role in world events (part two)

With Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn

Our guest, Allison Rose-Sonnesyn, worked for the United States Congress drafting legislation and negotiating with policy stakeholders. She shares how understanding God as the source of true government helped her overcome political divisions in both her work and in her community. Allison has some compelling stories that show how we each play an important role in healing conflict in our lives and beyond.
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Testimony of Healing

No more menstrual cramps

Holly Bell

The pain left immediately. I sighed with relief and continued reading. I knew that I’d be able to do everything I had planned for the weekend.
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Fractured knee healed

Wilfrid Ndonga Mbangalala

I had complete freedom of movement. Without surgery, through prayer alone, my leg was healed. Since then I have walked and hiked mountains freely.
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God’s provision in trying times

Savanna Suber

I tried to look at my own losses as opportunities to gain a more expansive view of God. It was a trying time, but I knew that God supplies each of us with all that we need, just as He did for so many in the Bible.
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Love

July 29–August 4, 2024

Ruth’s model of selfless love has inspired respect and honor over the millenia.
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Christopher Bowers, Louise Thornton, Helen Dix, Missy Williams

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Divine intelligence and our well-being

Mark Swinney

It may seem intimidating to be accountable for knowing how to change our thought for the better. But that’s where Christ comes in.
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Freedom from heredity

Jeffrey Scott Johnson

The true understanding of creation eliminates all beliefs of heredity.
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Exercising divine control over the body

Evan Mehlenbacher

In truth, the body is never out of control. It manifests whatever state of thought is governing it.
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Learning about God helps us learn

Catherine Spotts

I had been given an IQ test, and the results had indicated that I would always be slow to learn and have trouble in school. But thanks to Christian Science, that was not the case.
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Image and Inspiration

Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.—Isaiah 42:12
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Everyone prayed!

Heidi Kleinsmith Salter

The many names for God helped us each pray in our own way to feel comforted.
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Seeking healing change?

Bobby Lewis

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        healing change? ...
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Judge not . . . and be free!

Kim Crooks Korinek

I thought about my concerns. Were they based on seeing this individual’s innate goodness—and trusting in his ability to express that in being good and doing good? 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Alone in the woods

Caleb Stonecliffe

 A night out in the woods sounded like a fun adventure at first … until darkness descended and this teen had to face his fears with prayer.
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Our role in world events (part two)

With Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn

Our guest, Allison Rose-Sonnesyn, worked for the United States Congress drafting legislation and negotiating with policy stakeholders. She shares how understanding God as the source of true government helped her overcome political divisions in both her work and in her community. Allison has some compelling stories that show how we each play an important role in healing conflict in our lives and beyond.
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Grateful for quick healings

Sylvia Medeiros

I was awed that in opening this book of some seven hundred pages I would find not just something meaningful but the exact answer to my need.
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Toothache cured

Emma Leslie

I kept listening to what my all-loving Father-Mother God was telling me about my identity—and everyone else’s—as His complete, joyful, pain-free child. 
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Growth dissolves

Tom Heninger

Those looking to Christian Science for healing do not ignore a problem or simply pray for something to go away. Rather, we pray to see ourselves as God, Spirit, created us and as we each actually are—spiritual and “very good.” 
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God

July 1–7, 2024

Jesus provides indisputable evidence of forgiveness: healing.
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Alfonce Opiyo, Madelyn Harvey, Soozie Bul, Cindy Damico

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Your influence for good

Ethel A. Baker

The adjustments we seek in our own lives and in the world begin with Spirit-based thought and come to fruition as the influence of Christ outweighs the fear, darkness, or materiality that would make us feel hopeless or helpless.
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The safe haven of faith

Mari G. de Milone

The trees were full of white blossoms, so much so that, from our viewpoint at least, they looked snow-covered.
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Find freedom from bad memories

Robin Krauss

Instead of seeing myself as a participant in a material history, I needed to accept the true, spiritual view of myself as part of God’s ever-current reality of harmony and peace.
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Image and Inspiration

All the objects of God’s creation reflect one Mind.…—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 588
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How I Found Christian Science

My grandmother’s copy of Science and Health

Richard Mears

I had publicly stated my commitment to Christian Science and my desire to be healed through its study and practice. This was a big step for me.
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Can I pray for my friends who aren’t Christian Scientists?

Amanda Kamau

This experience wasn’t about attempting to fix my friend. It was an opportunity to understand and demonstrate Christian Science healing more fully and to share with my friends something that’s very special to me.
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Seeking healing change?

Bobby Lewis

What does one have to do
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        healing change? ...
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Judge not . . . and be free!

Kim Crooks Korinek

I thought about my concerns. Were they based on seeing this individual’s innate goodness—and trusting in his ability to express that in being good and doing good? 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Alone in the woods

Caleb Stonecliffe

 A night out in the woods sounded like a fun adventure at first … until darkness descended and this teen had to face his fears with prayer.
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Our role in world events (part two)

With Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn

Our guest, Allison Rose-Sonnesyn, worked for the United States Congress drafting legislation and negotiating with policy stakeholders. She shares how understanding God as the source of true government helped her overcome political divisions in both her work and in her community. Allison has some compelling stories that show how we each play an important role in healing conflict in our lives and beyond.
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Testimony of Healing

Healed of pain and limited mobility

Bruce Rankin with contributions from Shelley Rankin

This healing has changed how I greet each day. I awake, knowing that the Word of God heals.
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University student’s needs met

Nayantara Sabavala with contributions from Nandi Sabavala

I left the office rejoicing in the effortless way God had met both our need and that of two other students.
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Instantaneously freed

Ann Warner

I realized I had an opportunity to prove that Christ is “the great physician” that heals every ill. 
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Sacrament

July 8–14, 2024

Jesus’ works spring from God and evidence His God’s presence. 
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Letters & Conversations

Lynne Patterson, Martha Hogan, The Editors

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Drawn to Life, not death

Michelle Nanouche

A fascination with true crime stories was bringing me insecurity, not satisfaction, and undermining my clarity and confidence in God as the Life of all.
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Be a watchful porter

Lynn G. Jackson

Right thoughts are always present because they come from God, who is ever present, and we, as His offspring, are always capable of receiving them. But we also need to be alert to the beliefs that might come on the heels of these thoughts, suggesting that evil is real or powerful, injury or sickness is incurable, or a healing is reversible.
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A college professor prays about artificial intelligence

Name Withheld

I felt helpless as a writing teacher. The university hadn’t yet formulated specific solutions to cheating through the use of AI, nor did it offer a way to check for AI-generated work that students might pass off as their own.
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The artistry of Love

Carolyn M. Hook

There are no words I can express, 
no sound, no thoughts,
that can plumb the depths …
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How I Found Christian Science

I yearned for heaven on earth

Becky Riley Fisher

I learned that I could embrace the world in my prayers and recognize everyone as truly being in God’s kingdom. To me, these practices constitute the essence of Church and the recipe for healing.
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I found joy again

Rhea Patel

As I continued to “stand porter” with my thoughts, I started to feel a lot happier. It was as if I had been dunked in love and joy—feelings I knew were from God.
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Seeking healing change?

Bobby Lewis

What does one have to do
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Judge not . . . and be free!

Kim Crooks Korinek

I thought about my concerns. Were they based on seeing this individual’s innate goodness—and trusting in his ability to express that in being good and doing good? 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Alone in the woods

Caleb Stonecliffe

 A night out in the woods sounded like a fun adventure at first … until darkness descended and this teen had to face his fears with prayer.
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Sentinel Watch

Our role in world events (part two)

With Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn

Our guest, Allison Rose-Sonnesyn, worked for the United States Congress drafting legislation and negotiating with policy stakeholders. She shares how understanding God as the source of true government helped her overcome political divisions in both her work and in her community. Allison has some compelling stories that show how we each play an important role in healing conflict in our lives and beyond.
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Testimony of Healing

Healed of severe effects from a fall

Chris Motta

I was not afraid. I prayed and acknowledged that I was one with God—the only consciousness, which is All. I was certain that I was not separated from God.
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Delivered from danger during a war

Kennedy Onjweru

I asked myself, “If God could keep Daniel safe in the lions’ den, then can’t the same God save us?”
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Quick recovery from a knee injury

Susan Dawson Cook

This was an opportunity to pray on my own to know what was true about God, good, and about me as God’s good creation.
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Life

July 15–21, 2024

“Living God” represents the divine source of life.
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Letters & Conversations

Judith Patterson, Pamela Osgood, Nicholas Woodeson

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