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Beyond skin color 

Christian Kongolo

This teen couldn’t understand why a guy on social media had rejected his friend request. When it came to light that skin color might be the issue, he turned to prayer to understand more deeply that, in his words, “It isn’t being of the same race or culture that makes us feel ‘in.’ It’s God. It’s knowing that we are living in God’s kingdom as God’s offspring.”
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Is truth dead? 

Rosalie E. Dunbar

“The question, ‘What is Truth,’ convulses the world,” wrote Mary Baker Eddy, an astute observer of the world.

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Shared reflections

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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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Latin America’s anti-graft earthquake 

The <i>Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board

When an earthquake rattled central Mexico in September and dozens of buildings collapsed, Mexicans rallied by the thousands to rescue trapped survivors.

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Kids

When I was roasting marshmallows 

Alma

One night my family was roasting marshmallows, and I put my stick with the marshmallow on the end into the fire, because I wanted my marshmallow to burn.
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Never unwanted 

Elisabeth Groß

As a child, I was often told I was unwanted, unwelcome, even a “thorn in the flesh.
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God preserves us 

Louis E. Benjamin

Any time we feel at risk, God, divine Love, is at hand to preserve us.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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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Safe in divine Love’s ‘comfort zone’ 

Terese Reiter Messman

Can we really trust God to open our eyes to His presence?
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Looking and longing for companionship? 

Patricia Gantt Reiman

Inspired relationships and interactions in our lives can come as a natural outcome of acknowledging and understanding our relationship to God. 
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A spiritual view of individuality 

Mark Swinney

You don’t have to accept what other people consider you to be.   
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TeenConnect: UpFront

Essay due? Prayer can help. 

Jenny Sawyer

Stuck staring at a blinking cursor, wondering what to write? One author shares some of the spiritual lessons she’s learned about the writing process, and how we can each put them into practice in whatever creative project we’re facing.
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MeToo and the potential for healing 

Susie Jostyn

Most of those active on social media recently will have seen posts in their feed including the hashtag #MeToo and sharing stories of sexual harassment and assault.