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Searching for direction?
Originally appeared online in the teen series Trending - May 18, 2021.
I had what I thought was a good idea. I wanted to work on a Master’s degree, so I started attending classes at a local branch of our state university. Everything about this plan made sense, or so I thought. But after only a few classes, I began to wonder if this might not have been the best idea after all.
Where do you turn when you don’t know what to do? Maybe to a parent or a friend? Someone who knows more than you do? I knew I needed some advice or guidance, so I decided to have a chat with the head of the department where I was studying. I poured out my story and my concerns, wanting him to tell me about my options and my future. He listened thoughtfully, but instead of offering advice, he asked if I knew the hymn “Lead kindly light.”
This was surprising for a couple of reasons. First, I didn’t know that he was religious, and he didn’t know that I was. And second, I wasn’t asking for a hymn; I was asking him for his wisdom.
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July 5, 2021 issue
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Finding true freedom
Larissa Snorek
Keeping Watch
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Live to love!
Barbara Vining
Poetry
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Worthy
Tessa Parmenter
Keeping Watch
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When you think of God as Soul
Caryl Emra Farkas
How I found Christian Science
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My expectation of good was explained
James Bennett
Teens
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Searching for direction?
Fenna Corry
Healings
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Forgiveness brings freedom
Charlene Anne Miller
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Healed in “church without walls”
Cathrine Hogg
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Love’s presence, felt, cures child
Edwina Aubin
Bible Lens
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Sacrament
July 5–11, 2021
From our readers
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Letters & Conversations
Frederik Bartholin, Ann Elizabeth Barnes, Cecilie Newton with contributions from The Editors