Praying for the World

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Does God keep everyone safe?

With Nancy Mullen and Nancy Harrison

How can we think about safety from a spiritual perspective? This week’s guests, Nancy Mullen and Nancy Harrison, share experiences of how they prayed during dangerous situations—and how they found safety not just for themselves but for others, too.
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Sturdier investing—in financial endeavors, and in life

Joe Gariano

We are all interconnected by a global economy. How can we experience a sound, stable economy, individually and collectively? The author shares helpful spiritual insights. A foundational question is: “What are we basing it on?” 

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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Peace within

Wendy Kibler

The peace this author found through prayer led to protection from illness for her grandson and herself. She knew that contributing to a peaceful, healing atmosphere within the family had to ripple well beyond.

Write for JSH

How have you been praying about a world issue or challenge? Consider sharing your inspiration and healing ideas with others. Visit Writer’s Corner to learn how to submit.

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A spiritual answer to polarization

With Tessa Frost

Feeling concerned about the political divide? This week’s guest, Tessa Frost, shares how prayer has played a central role in her work in the halls of government and has shown her that when progress seems impossible and people seem polarized, God reveals a way forward and brings us together.
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Prayer that heals divisiveness

Inge Schmidt

“Is it really reasonable to love our neighbors—all of them, all the time? Indeed, loving as Jesus taught is what heals the entrenched vitriol of partisanship that is clamoring for our attention.”
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Christian compassion

John Paxton Qualtrough

Many are asking, How can we follow Christ today and truly love our neighbor? This writer’s desire to do so led him to take practical steps in his community to address the growing need for housing security.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Write for JSH

How have you been praying about a world issue or challenge? Consider sharing your inspiration and healing ideas with others. Visit Writer’s Corner to learn how to submit.

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Facing political pressure with spiritual strength

Abraham McLaughlin

What we think matters. If we find ourselves getting riled up or becoming numb to intense headlines, holding to clear, spiritual truths in our hearts can make a substantial difference. The author gives strong biblical precedents for significant turnarounds. 
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The beatific presence that moves the heart

Richard Schaberg

We loved the idea in this article that Christ Jesus’ beatitudes are not platitudes but blessings that moved the writer’s heart to healing.
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Prayer that holds crime in check

Martin Vesely

“God, divine Mind, perpetually expresses stability and intelligence in each of His children. No hateful or deranged thought can enter this Mind or disturb the harmony of God’s creation.”
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Bringing peace to our cities through wisdom and love

Kim Crooks Korinek

“We can see our cities as God created them: embraced in God’s love, whole, harmonious, safe.”
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Overcoming travel fears in my adopted country

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A naturalized US citizen shares how she prayed when she felt afraid to travel domestically—and how these prayers led her to feel that “​​all that we can experience individually and collectively is God’s goodness.”
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Responding to public issues with prayer

Colin Treworgy

“​​Prayer is significant and powerful, but not because it can ‘fight back’ against a supposedly real power called evil that shares space and government with God. Prayer reveals the truth of being, which dispels the belief in any power other than God, good, and brings healing.”