Articles

How I learned not to dread finals

Inge Schmidt

Exam time is the worst, isn’t it? Read on to find out how this college student went from embracing the stress to finding peace.

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Our nanny—doing God’s work

Jillie Webbe

I have never stopped thanking God for sending Nanny and her unshakable Christian faith into our family.

Kids

Thanks-giving and thanks-sharing!

Sentinel staff

How can you turn your thanks-giving into thanks-and-joy-sharing? Here’s a fun activity that will give you a start.

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Building our home on a firm foundation

María Teresa Fuentes Bórquez

I understood that home is not a place—it is a state of consciousness. And I decided to leave everything in God’s hands.

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Serving God through our gratitude

Gabriela Mejía

Gratitude doesn’t leave us where it finds us. It shows us the hugeness of God and of each of us as His beloved child.

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What are your thoughts of the Bible?

Eric Nager

God, Spirit, speaks to everyone, everywhere, through His Word. And once our thought is touched by it, we cannot go back to old, i.e., materialistic, ways of thinking. Our thoughts and lives improve.

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Empowered to follow Jesus’ teachings

Karina Bumatay

The spiritual reality that love is inherently part of our nature as God’s offspring empowers us to do what’s loving and right, even if it seems as if we might be disadvantaged by it

TeenConnect: Q&A

How can I deal with criticism?

Julia Schuck

Whether it’s comments from a teacher, parent, or friend, criticism of our work can feel really personal. This writer shares how what she’s learned in Christian Science has helped her in these tough moments—and taught her where her worth really comes from.

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Let the firmament appear

Tori Fredrickson

If we are ever tempted to believe that we or someone else is mixed up in a problem, we can rest assured that there is a clear line of demarcation that forever separates Truth and error, the real and the unreal.

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The benefits of praying for others

Curtis Wahlberg

The essential power of the universe is not something we’re trying to generate in ourselves; it’s the infinite Spirit or Mind—God—that we each exist to express. And doing so by praying for others points us toward seeing that the divine Mind is ever at work.