In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

PLACE OF QUIETNESS

PETER BARKER,

I took this photograph looking out of a window in a chapel, at a guest farm.

Ann Bennetts with contributions from Elena, Megan, Anna

Three Sunday School students share what they learned about the Beatitudes.

BY JESSIE LEWIS

A solo trip in the desert proves to be life-changing for this teen.

BY MEG WELCH DENDLER

God is at work, actively defending us through quiet messages in our own thoughts.

BY RACHEL CRANDELL

A popular Bible story takes on a modern twist as this author writes about a time when her family needed some groceries.

BY MAYA DIETZ

Prayer is needed to support Sri Lanka's hopes for peace after 26 years of conflict.

BY MOLLY MOSER

A teen looks back to middle school and shares her insights into beauty.

BY HILLARY MOSER

Cosmetics couldn't create the beauty this student yearned to see.

BY BARBARA "BRE" COSSEBOOM

A Christian Science nurse strives to see the picture of wholeness, no matter what confronts her.

BY DANIELA WILBERT

A former fashion model from Brazil shares her story.

BY SUSAN ELS

A landscape designer discovers the vibrancy and power beyond the plant world to the "kingdom within."

BY FENELLA BENNETTS

Beauty, like light, is radiant, universal, burdenless, enabling one to see God's creation as it really is.