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When you’re facing the unknown
Originally appeared online in the teen series: Trending - March 24, 2020
For 16 years, school had been the structure of my life. Now all that was gone. Just out of college and having completed a summer project, I was supposed to be ready to face the future. But I didn’t feel ready. Decisions (important ones!)—what to do, where to start, where to go—loomed large. I was afraid of making the wrong choices.
My friends seemed to have it all figured out. But I was overwhelmed—and stressed. The money I’d made during the summer wouldn’t last long, and I needed a job. I also needed direction and a feeling of purpose.
Uppermost in my thoughts was a relationship I was in, which either needed to go forward or end. He was in Massachusetts; I was in the Midwest. I flew in to see him, but by the end of the weekend I still felt conflicted. It was evening, the night before I was supposed to fly out, when I heard the chimes at The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston.
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May 11, 2020 issue
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From the readers
Karen Janitz, Katherine Roth, Carol Stocking
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Facing setback—or opportunity?
Laura Clayton
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I don’t need God … or do I?
Brian Webster
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Break free from unwanted thoughts and attractions
Name Withheld
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When a close family member was hospitalized
Gloria Preston
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The crowning idea that conquers fear and heals
Traci Fenton
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When you’re facing the unknown
Judy Olson
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“It shall not come nigh thee”
Laurie Toupin
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Burned hand instantaneously healed
Alex Griffin
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Pain and immobility healed
Richard Price
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My neighbor, my self
Peter Ward
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Doing “life’s work”
Barbara Vining