Articles

At camp she was far away from her family, but she was not far away from God.

God, me, and the jellyfish

Trying to make a miserable mortal into an immortal is a lost cause, as this writer learned. But healing came when he began to see more of his identity as the man God made.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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"It's just one thing after another," as the saying goes. But prayer can turn those "things" into steps in an emerging understanding of God.

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Recently on the news, in back-to-back stories, a person being interviewed complained that violence had given her city a "bad image," and in the next segment pundits speculated about how "marketable" the image of a particular office seeker was.

The giving that counts most

When the media report "donor burnout" — a diminishing interest in supporting worthy causes — shouldn't we be examining the true source of giving?
Watching her child take time for quiet thought, a busy mother decides she should more actively expect spiritual refreshment and inspiration each moment of her day.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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Shared reflections

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Human efficiency and divine order

Even with labor-saving devices and priority-setting skills, we may often feel as though our lives have got beyond us. Perhaps the real need is for a deeper sense of divine Love's control.

Patty finds her voice

The good that comes from God just can't be taken away.

Trust God—He won't let you fall

Trust seems a rare commodity these days. But trust in God grows quickly as we understand His power and government.

Idol chatter

The Psalmist prayed, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord ...." Couldn't we all use more of that kind of discipline in our thought and conversation?
We rely on numbers to tell us all sorts of things: how much or how little provision will come from our income; how many pounds away we are from "beauty"; how successful our business will be.

"I'm just not very creative ..."

When we learn that God is the only creator, we shouldn't be surprised to find that His children express creativity, inspiration, intelligence.