In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Prayer during a biathlon

It was her first time competing in a biathlon and this teen found that as she leaned on God, the race went even better than she expected.

Real beauty

It is our actions that allow us to feel our inherent beauty—not for our glory but for the glory of God.

My Christmas angel

I rolled over on my back and lay still for a minute, knowing I was with my Christmas angel.
What was and is needed most is love, all the love we can give our practice, along with the understanding that God is the healer.

Practice proves perfect

Instead of being a repetitive process of adding layer after layer of acquired skills, each hour of practice or study is chipping away at suggestions of limitation that conceal our true selves as the perfect, capable, unlimited expression of God.
I was the first person in my family to become a Christian Scientist and join The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, having begun to have healings and see the benefits of my spiritual study.

Nehemiah's story

Nehemiah’s story is all about how we can pray, listen to and follow God.

Three magazines

I subscribed to the Christian Science periodicals. These gems arrived weekly and monthly, bringing answers, hope, solutions, love, and the truths I needed.
Understanding my identity as the perfect reflection of Spirit, God, corrected the belief that I lived in a flawed, material body, and healing resulted.
I can pray by practicing childlike receptivity—not telling God what I need but listening to Him.
May the love of God be known and felt by all—in the Middle East and everywhere.

Need a good idea?

Yawn. That’s how this author felt when he got the list of topics for an upcoming paper. As the deadline approached and the pressure mounted, he knew prayer was the only thing that could help him overcome this mental gridlock.