In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

I said I was sorry

When this girl prayed, a bully became her friend.

Instead of looking for the effect of prayer on my hand, I started to look for its effect in my thoughts.

Caught in a flooding storm, a hiker asks God for the kind of direction that maps and compasses can't provide.

SAFE at gunpoint

The Bible says, "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright." Doing that can never result in harm, but only in blessing.

SAFE in mid-flight

Confronting terror at a personal level—such as engine trouble at 30,000 feet—brings home lessons about facing down terror in all its forms.

SAFE in cyberspace

Trusting their God-given spiritual intuition and attraction to good, we can help safeguard children on the Internet.

SAFE in an unsafe world

We can all experience a truly divine safety through a growing awareness that we exist forever under God's shepherding watch.

No dead ends

It was spring term of my senior year of college.

Hope at Virginia Tech

News reports about the tragedy at Virginia Tech seemed unbelievable.

GONE TO THE CRICKET

MOST OF US FIND PEACE OF MIND, WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND TOUCH OTHERS' HEARTS MORE COMPASSIONATELY, WHEN WE HAVE REPLACED DAILY DISTRACTIONS WITH A COMMITMENT TO SERVE GOD.

AS I READ SCIENCE AND HEALTH, SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE TOLD ME THAT I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, FOR WHAT I READ FELT LOGICAL.

A willingness to let go of the past can forward progress and healing.