In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Feeling close to God

Our younger readers sometimes write to us about their important experiences in feeling close to God.
From the Evening Echo, Bournemouth, England, October 14, 1989

Even simple truths heal!

A child learns something of God's healing power. He shares what he's seen with his dad. The healing goes on.
Just stopping a battle isn't enough to make peace. There is a deeper, spiritual foundation for lasting peace.
Often many suffer as a result of the sins of a few—or even the tyranny of one individual.
In dark times we look harder for the light. The light of Truth couldn't be nearer in these moments, leading to freedom and strength.

POSITIVE PRESS

From USA Today, March 16, 1990 "Religion is greatest story ever missed" by Barbara Reynolds
The Sentinel is meant to be shared.

The Mother who's always there

What lifts the darkness of grief and loneliness? Is there a love that can't be lost?

When God seems far away

The Bible is certainly a book of faith. But it also records the struggle to gain understanding. For this reason it speaks eloquently to contemporary questions about God.
Turning to God to quiet our fears is not the same as lulling ourselves with platitudes. Spiritual truth stirs us to grow; it doesn't put us to sleep.

POSITIVE PRESS

[From a letter to the editor of a Soviet magazine, quoted in Small Fires: Letters From the Soviet People to Ogonyok Magazine 1987–1990, selected and edited by Marina Albee and Christopher Cerf.