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No more fear of flying
On a recent flight home from the East Coast, I was thinking about how grateful I was to be enjoying the flight and traveling without fear. Some time ago, despite many years of flying, I’d become afraid of flying to the point where I couldn’t get on a plane. During this time, my family enjoyed traveling by car, but I knew it was right to heal this fear.
I prayed about this over several months. I loved thinking deeply about the ideas in Psalm 139, such as this line: “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?” (verse 7). I realized we are always in the presence of Spirit, God, and are always experiencing God’s protection—expressed through safety, love, comfort, and joy—no matter where we are. While I prayed about this, it came to me that we are never “in between” good.

October 2, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Elaine Handy, H. Wyeth
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Why read and pray with The Christian Science Monitor?
Tessa Parmenter
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Leaving bad memories behind
Teri La Quey
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Faith in your healing prayer
Cynthia Clague
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To ‘have the mind of Christ’
Betty Jean O’Neal
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The Mind that heals
Mark Swinney
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Untold blessings from Christian Science
Louise D. Shapleigh
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The way I truly am
Sara Lang
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Healed of intense pain
Roger Wichlacz with contributions from Laura Wichlacz
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Guided through a school exam
Laura Salo
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Freed from painful health challenge
Connie Adams
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No more fear of flying
Audrey Richardson
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'My work is reflected light ...'
Photograph by Julie G. Denison
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Your identity: shaped by God, not by human history
Barbara Vining