When her friends began disregarding her parents’ rules during a road trip, this college student felt totally justified in being angry. But a persistent thought came to her rescue—and changed the dynamic with her fellow passengers.
Doing online-only school was hard enough for this high schooler. But having a tough teacher made things even worse. Thankfully, this teen had Christian Science to help her learn how to think about the situation in a different—healing—way.
Stuck and terrified at the top of a steep slope, this teen skier had no idea how she was ever going to make it to the bottom, where her mom was waiting. None of her fellow skiers came to her rescue . . . but God did.
From adapting to breathing with an air tank to responding to underwater emergencies, this college student found that her scuba class was way more challenging than she had anticipated. How would she ever pass the final test?
In spite of the severe climb, it should have been an uneventful weekend of rock climbing for this author. Instead, she experienced a dramatic example of God’s protection.
It was so easy to see what her friends were good at, and how pretty, funny, and smart they were. But this high school student had a much harder time finding anything good about herself. Read on to find out how a more spiritual perspective brought her a new view.
One idea I kept coming back to was that God made everybody free. To me, “free” meant that I had the right to use my body and have every part of it function normally.
When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.
She should have been looking forward to the state soccer tournament, but instead this high school senior felt disappointed: She’d hurt her ankle, and her coach had given his own daughter a coveted spot on the roster. What propelled her forward in spite of these setbacks? Read on to find out.
She wanted her life to feel interesting and satisfying, but so far, it just hadn’t. But looking at her life from a more spiritual basis started this author on an adventure to discover more about what her life could—and actually did—look like.
In that moment in the air, I realized this was an opportunity to have another healing experience by praying.
For several years during high school, this author struggled with a heavy feeling of pointlessness, which seemed to overshadow everything. Then she had an insight that brought her into a different, light-filled view of existence.