In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Burned out?

A professional athlete tells how prayer has helped her break barriers and increase her endurance level.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, invited 55 prominent citizens, mostly men, to write messages for the future—100 years ahead, in fact.

Mental chemistry and healing

There are changes that go on in our thinking that alone have the power to radically improve our health.

Painting as prayer

An artist finds a way to bring hope and healing to many people through her love of oil painting.
In a line of work where struggling and starving are often seen as prerequisites to success, it pays to remember who the creator really is.

Writing fiction

A published short story writer talks about the important need we all have to separate fiction from fact.

Witness to creation

It's "the worst feeling in the world" for a lot of writers. It's happened in some form to just about everyone. Read how one news reporter has successfully un-blocked writer's block.

How two dads prayed for the ski team

We considered the team's needs, wrestled with the problems, sought guidance and insight from one another, and prayed together.

Fundamentally, what works for kids also works for grown-ups.

'If only God would give us a clear sign—like a large blazing arrow hanging high in the sky.'

Operation 'New Hope'

A commander in a United Nations peace mission in Cambodia tells how 400 people achieved a modern-day Exodus.
Not long ago, I served as chairman of a peace committee in my home country of Nigeria.