In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Our common bond: Spirituality

I'm supposed to treat them as kin? You bet! Here's why.

Weight-wishing?

Did the holiday season leave you with extra pounds—on top of the pounds you never got around to losing last year or the year before that? Instead of trying merely to shed weight, maybe a better approach is to shed distorted views of yourself as being unfit, undisciplined, out of control, unattractive. Read how the author was led to a whole new view of himself—not to mention a new look.
The question "Why is it important not to be sensual?

I realized that peace in other parts of the world is as much my concern as peace in my own little corner.

See God's child, not a bully

For Matt, riding home on the bus wasn't fun at all. Some of the boys on board were mean to him. But Matt's prayers put an end to that!

Are you getting to be "that" age?

Don't act your age. Act ageless instead.

The best protection anywhere

Whether you've got a playful lioness on the roof of your car (for real!) or you're in the middle of enemy fire, you're safe in God's care.

Staying connected

God is never absent. He is our best friend.

"May peace prevail"

Straight from South Africa comes a report on the 1999 Parliament of the World's Religions.

Don't quit. Keep praying!

From lousy grades, little athletic ability, and a tendency to quit — to improved grades, an athletic award, and successful completion of college. Learn what turned the situation around.
This Second Place essay in the "21 and over" category of the Sentinel's Millennium Essay Contest sets forth the Bible as a guidebook to moral and spiritual progress.

What's wrong with this picture?

Imagine a turkey with a bear's head. Nonsense, right? Now, picture a sick child of God. That's nonsense as well. Don't buy into it.