In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

A kidnapping in Iraq suddenly wasn’t abstract

Like many, I’ve read about the people taken hostage in Iraq.

LAURA BLATZ

I OPENED MY EYES TO THE GOOD THAT DIVINE LOVE WAS ALREADY POURING OUT FOR ME AND MY LITTLE FAMILY.

Kathryn Peters

Here's how a girl named Kathryn prayed for her grandma and grandpa.

MAIKE BYRD,

It was Sunday morning, following a daylong snowstorm that had blanketed everything around us in a thick soft white layer.

BY BEVERLY GOLDSMITH

It's natural to want to share a closeness with people on spiritual journeys similar to your own.

BY JER MASTER

No disease can touch the entirely mental, spiritual qualities that make up each child of God.

BRIAN ZAVITZ

In 1985 my marriage ended, and that was a huge shock to me.

BY TONY LOBL

There's a practical connection between Jesus' resurrection and our own eternal existence. Finding it, the writer found an end to grieving.

BY LOIS RAE CARLSON

We each fit perfectly in God's creation, and for that reason we relate to everyone in it. This leaves no room for loneliness.

MARK SWINNEY

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FEEL GRATITUDE FOR THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND AT THE SAME TIME REMAIN WORRIED.

DANIEL SCOTT

I KNEW I COULDN'T BE A THEORETICAL CHRISTIAN; I HAD TO BE A PRACTICAL ONE, AND THAT MEANT HEALING THE SICK AS JESUS INSTRUCTED HIS FOLLOWERS TO DO.

BY MONIQUE GUTERRES DOS SANTOS

A 15-year-old trusts God in a dangerous confrontation.