In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

A life-transforming spiritual healing

The Zyndas are a California family who grappled with the diagnosis of a leukemia-like disease in their baby daughter. Read how they came to the decision to commit themselves to God, prayer, and spiritual healing.

Laws for escaping from prison

When the author drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and saw San Quentin Prison, he started praying for the prisoners there. He probably never thought that one day he'd be visiting them one-on-one as a chaplain ... and healing them.

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Matty the Prayer Warrior
In anticipation of the opening of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity later this year, the Sentinel regularly prints excerpts from the collections of previously unpublished writings.

Seminary president envisions expanded role for church

The president of New York's Union Theological Seminary says he is "irrevocably Christian." But Dr. Joseph Hough is also quick to qualify. "I'll be a better Christian," he says, "if I'll really give credit and acknowledge that the God I worship is large enough to be seen in a lot of ways."

HEALED IN CHURCH

For a couple of years, my wrists hurt.

A roll-up-your-sleeves life journey

Mary Ridgway sees the church she works to direct as designed to be a "24/7 activity"—one in which members are there to give, as well as to get.

Ministry at Ground Zero

The day after the September 11 attacks propelled St. Paul's Chapel into the role of nonstop ministry at the site of the World Trade Center, someone asked Rev. Lyndon Harris when they would "go back to being a church." But there was no going back. St. Paul's had never before been so alive to the demands of the day. 
In anticipation of the opening of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity later this year, the Sentinel regularly prints excerpts from the collections of previously unpublished writings.
Even when it takes time, spiritual healing offers the priceless result of an improved mental condition, which inevitably means a healthier body.
On the brink of being fired, a young father of three turned to God, and wound up accomplishing something his boss felt was "nigh impossible."
Nothing that goes wrong in life—not even regarding business affairs—is beyond the scope of spiritual power.