In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

People are offered many reasons to feel sadness in December, this year even more than usual. So here's a counteroffer—reasons to fight holiday depression with the help of God.

Chasing rainbows

Here's an example of why good thoughts are just as beautiful as photographs.

A late-blooming Pansy

God's guidance can help us make a difference in the lives of children, one by one.
Two separate experiences prove to the author that we're truly never alone in the world.
Her mother is from Kenya. Her father is from Germany. She has lived in both countries, plus the US. And 20-year-old Mayannah has thought a lot about what will bring peace to the world.

I knew that with God everything was possible, but I just didn't see how.

War is a necessary evil, concludes one former war college professor. And he explains why.

Christmas: a stillness within

Are you looking forward to celebrating what the upcoming holiday stands for—stillness, warmth, and peace? (Nothing can stop you!)

your INSIGHTS

When I started to pray about the threat of terrorism, I felt almost paralyzed because I was thinking more from the standpoint of "What can I, just one person, do in the face of a whole system devoted to hate and destruction?
Even in times of chaos and crisis, there's an appropriate place for the lightness of laughter.

One night on the subway. . .

An example of how you can sometimes sweeten your environment without even opening your mouth.

An alien threat

Two US Army reservists describe how they took prayer with them into nuclear-biological-chemical training.