In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Article

PRAYER ON ALERT

Steve Graham

Verses from the Bible become an instant prayer when the news goes out about an abducted teenage girl.
Article

DOES GOD LOVE US ONLY WHEN WE GO TO CHURCH?

By Ginny Luedeman

God isn't keeping score, judging us according to our daily good and bad deeds. He loves us no matter what.
Article

WEIGHING IN FROM BERLIN

By Klaus-Hendrik Herr

With Europeans facing a new battle of the bulge, this writer sees the need "to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
Article

TOOK IT OFF—AND KEPT IT OFF

By Christina Camacho

Understanding the spiritual meaning behind the words is powerful.
Article

A VISION OF BEAUTY

By Meg Welch Dendler

Here are five beauty tips that don't require you to lose pounds, curb your carbs, or buy expensive products.
Article

YOU ARE not WHAT YOU EAT

By Cynthia Neely

There's a spiritual approach to the growing epidemic of obesity around the world—one that offers results through focusing on your outlook instead of your intake.
Article

Life-lessons from the Holocaust

By Kim Shippey

If ever you need convincing that good can come out of evil, buy a ticket for Paper Clips, a Miramax documentary.
Article

REMEMBER THE ANIMALS

P. K.

In Charley's wake, members of several rescue teams donated hundreds of pounds of animal food to south Florida residents.
Article

STORMS STORIES

Here's evidence that God's powerful love is always at work—before, during, and after even the darkest of storms.
Article

Swing a New Song

By Patricia Kadick

Bill Carter is a minister and a jazz musician. So maybe it's not all that surprising that he's formed his own "jazz ministry"!
Article

From Mao to Mozart

Text and Photographs By Kim Shippey-Staff

Making music with violinist Weigang Li and the Shanghai String Quartet.
Article

LIGHT ON!

By Aaron Bingham,

It doesn't take time for the light bulb to switch on in your thought-bubble. What it takes is understanding.