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When your best friends bully you
Before long I became especially close with two girls in my class. But as I became greater friends with them, I started drifting farther away from the person who I held myself to be as a Christian Scientist. I became infatuated with my social life. I gave less effort to my grades, my relationship with my family, and most important, my relationship with God. I had gone to Sunday School and attended camps for Christian Scientists my entire life and my parents were very devoted to the Cause of Christian Science. I’d had many healings, but felt like I had never really comprehended what God truly was and what He did for me every single day. Christian Science and God seemed less important to me as I became more and more preoccupied with social status, beauty—basically being popular.
At the end of sixth grade it all started to fall apart. One of my best friends began bullying another friend. She would cyberbully by posting mean messages about this girl online, and even physically hit her sometimes. I became filled with fear that she would turn on me as well, so I didn’t do or say anything. I didn’t turn to Christian Science and pray about this problem when it faced me. I also didn’t tell my parents or any adults at my school . . . yet.
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January 9, 2012 issue
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Letters
Susan S. Collins, Tempie Stahlin, Jim Keel
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A pledge for healing answers
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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Listening and bridge-building
Anna Bowness-Park
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A spiritual defense against bullying
Lois Carlson
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When your best friends bully you
Name withheld
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How a seagull taught me to 'see more'
By Caroline Martin
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'You look just like your...'
Nancy Robison
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Snowed in – and safe
By Pamela Joy Concar
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Keep the change
By Cyrus Njagi Muriithi
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Resolving conflict – beyond lawyers
Viktor Theiss
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My summer travels to Turkey
By Isabel Jamerson
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The foundation of Church
By Cathryn Anderson
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A healing light in my life
Grace Njuakom
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Take a stand with moral courage
Martha Sarvis
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Life is living you
By Karen Bailey
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Cut finger quickly healed
Mary McCullagh Reu
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Healed of menstrual discomfort
Poonam Likhi
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Suicidal thoughts overcome through prayer
Jeffrey Parikesit
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Safety from threats large and small
The Editors