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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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Being a visionary

Kathryn Jones Dunton

Christian Science teaches that Jesus is the Way-shower, that is, he shows us how to be spiritual visionaries too.
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The real joy of Christmas

John Biggs

Would the Christmas visit he was looking forward to be ruined by illness? This author shares the simple insight that brought the best joy of all—healing—to his Christmas.
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The Christ promise fulfilled

With Consuela Sand

Dealing with bittersweet memories this season? How about just bad ones? This week’s guest, Consuela Sand, shares an experience that taught her about God’s gift to us as His children, and Christ’s promise that we can experience today and every day—healing.
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The story of Christmas

Jeremy R. Moss

Out of the darkness...
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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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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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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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“Where had the diseases gone?”

Jennifer McLaughlin

The truths in Science and Health, revealed by God, speak directly to each of us.
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Toolbox . . . or revelation of reality?

Madora Kibbe

We don’t use Christian Science to get what we want. We yield to the power of Love, God, because—more than anything else—we want to know what God is and the nature of His creation.
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Image and Inspiration

Lo, to our widening vision dawns
     The realm of Soul supreme,
Faith-lighted peaks of Spirit stand
     Revealed in morning’s beam.—Edith Gaddis Brewer, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 287, © CSBD
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How can “intractable” situations be resolved?

Maryann McKay

The consciousness of God as almighty good enables us to witness convincing proofs that even the most difficult and stubborn situations, when addressed through God-directed prayer, can be resolved. 
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How I Found Christian Science

I learned about God’s incredible love

Vienna McMurtry

My new view of myself prepared me for the reception of Christian Science, which gave me an even clearer understanding of myself as our divine Father’s loved child.
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Announcement

Rotation on the Board of Trustees and in other positions at the Mother Church

Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society, The Christian Science Board of Directors

An announcement about a change on the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society as well as some new assignments being taken on by current employees of The Mother Church.
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Being a visionary

Kathryn Jones Dunton

Christian Science teaches that Jesus is the Way-shower, that is, he shows us how to be spiritual visionaries too.
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The real joy of Christmas

John Biggs

Would the Christmas visit he was looking forward to be ruined by illness? This author shares the simple insight that brought the best joy of all—healing—to his Christmas.
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The Christ promise fulfilled

With Consuela Sand

Dealing with bittersweet memories this season? How about just bad ones? This week’s guest, Consuela Sand, shares an experience that taught her about God’s gift to us as His children, and Christ’s promise that we can experience today and every day—healing.
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Poem

The story of Christmas

Jeremy R. Moss

Out of the darkness...
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Poem

Time

Bobby Lewis

Time, you are not the master of good
One alone holds the world in Her embrace ...
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Love is an active prayer

Beck Riedel

After an accident on a biking trip, this author discovered a way of praying that wasn’t just effective for him; it also allowed him to help someone else.
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Testimony of Healing

Eye redness quickly vanishes

Robert Pennamon

One day last year, I woke up with a bloodshot eye.
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God’s law of harmony, always in operation

Claudia Honorato

I began to be more conscious of the fact that I am spiritual, since God is Spirit and everything in God’s universe expresses Him, so nothing could harm me. After a few hours I realized that there was no more pain.
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Testimony of Healing

Grateful for two healings

Lois Degler

Mary Baker Eddy often shared with people close to her how she prayed.
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Bible Lens

God

December 30, 2024–January 5, 2025

Christ Jesus’ command to repent demands a profound commitment to regeneration.
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Letters & Conversations

AJ Kiser, Linda Vara, Trudi Carter

This is a wonderful example of willingness to relinquish personal control in order to give God the opportunity to fulfill His promise.
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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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Being a visionary

Kathryn Jones Dunton

Christian Science teaches that Jesus is the Way-shower, that is, he shows us how to be spiritual visionaries too.
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The real joy of Christmas

John Biggs

Would the Christmas visit he was looking forward to be ruined by illness? This author shares the simple insight that brought the best joy of all—healing—to his Christmas.
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The Christ promise fulfilled

With Consuela Sand

Dealing with bittersweet memories this season? How about just bad ones? This week’s guest, Consuela Sand, shares an experience that taught her about God’s gift to us as His children, and Christ’s promise that we can experience today and every day—healing.
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The story of Christmas

Jeremy R. Moss

Out of the darkness...
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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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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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Being a visionary

Kathryn Jones Dunton

Christian Science teaches that Jesus is the Way-shower, that is, he shows us how to be spiritual visionaries too.
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The real joy of Christmas

John Biggs

Would the Christmas visit he was looking forward to be ruined by illness? This author shares the simple insight that brought the best joy of all—healing—to his Christmas.
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The Christ promise fulfilled

With Consuela Sand

Dealing with bittersweet memories this season? How about just bad ones? This week’s guest, Consuela Sand, shares an experience that taught her about God’s gift to us as His children, and Christ’s promise that we can experience today and every day—healing.
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The story of Christmas

Jeremy R. Moss

Out of the darkness...
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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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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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