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Your reason for existing
Why am I here? A big question! Most days, we’re occupied with trying to figure out the details of daily life. But when we take time to ask why we’re “here,” what do we mean? Here, just living a limited, human life? If that’s what it means, then it might not sound so great. So what can we do?
Christian Science teaches that everyone can choose a different way of living and that this begins with changing our thinking: basing it on the allness, realness, and nearness of God, Spirit. In fact, God is nearer than near. Christian Science is founded on the fact that, as Christ Jesus said, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30), and this spiritual way of thinking changes everything.
Healing is what Jesus did through his expression of God’s ever-present love, which is also included in every one of us.
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July 14, 2025 issue
View IssueEditorial
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The certainty that eliminates uncertainty
Jenny Sawyer
Keeping Watch
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Your reason for existing
Madora Kibbe
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Fiction or reality?
John Biggs
Image and Inspiration
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Badbury Rings, Wimborne, Dorset, England
Photograph by Sophie Ungerleider
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How can I stop being so critical?
Deborah Huebsch
How I found Christian Science
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The day my life changed forever
Tamie Kanata
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Finding Love after a breakup
Emma Grewal
Healings
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Full recovery from hearing loss
Rachel Bemis
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No more tonsillitis
Gustavo Briñez Quimbayo
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Able to pay for college
David Watson
Bible Lens
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Life
July 14–20, 2025
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Letters & Conversations
Laura Wiley, L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, Judy Woodson