Articles

Service with a smile

Gretchen Newby

The thought came to let go of my “getting” attitude. Rather than asking “What can I get out of church?” I could embrace a more giving spirit.

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An eagerness to learn about God

Charles Martin

I was impressed with how the book Science and Health related to the Bible citations, making things in the Bible clearer.

Kids

Are you a green squirrel?

Carolyn Soley Hoffman

Humor and healing go hand in hand when a little boy calls his Sunday School teacher for help.

TeenConnect: Your Healings

It was so easy to see what her friends were good at, and how pretty, funny, and smart they were. But this high school student had a much harder time finding anything good about herself. Read on to find out how a more spiritual perspective brought her a new view.

TeenConnect: Your Healings

A quarterback prays

Gavin Ziesler

One idea I kept coming back to was that God made everybody free. To me, “free” meant that I had the right to use my body and have every part of it function normally.

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Responses to the press on vaccination

Committee on Publication

Christian Scientists are diligently working toward the same goals in light of the pandemic as everyone else in the community: health and protection.

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Living in God’s world

Robert Tokheim

I learned that our world—our consciousness—can be transformed each day by becoming more aware of the truth that harmony and heaven are not only always present, but are, in fact, the world we truly live in.

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Home for the marginalized

Betty Jean O’Neal

When we abandon our false concepts of what true home is, we find that the kingdom of God truly is within us and at hand, as Christ Jesus promised. And we find each step of the way that the human home we seek represents the home and heaven that were always there in consciousness.

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Gifted with agelessness

Mark Swinney

The belief that we are destined to live a life that ultimately goes downhill is so widespread—do we stand a chance at overcoming age-based limitations?

TeenConnect: Q&A

Why won’t God make me quit?

Deborah Huebsch

When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.