Youth

Feeling safe in a dangerous neighborhood 

Leaving a friend’s house where he’d been working on a group project, this high school student suddenly realized he was in an area of his city that was known for high levels of crime. His only option: Pray.
After previous boyfriends questioned Christian Science or told her that God wasn’t real, this college student felt nervous about talking about her beliefs with her current boyfriend. As she prayed about how to do it, she got a surprising answer: Share Science and Health.

Safe on the school bus 

Greg felt upset riding around on the wrong bus. He didn’t know where he was going or where he was supposed to get off.

Who I really am

It was senior year, and everything was going so well . . . until this author began picking herself apart and feeling like she could never measure up. What turned it around? Digging deeper into what her identity really is, with the help of Science and Health.

Me, creative? 

Faced with the fact that she had zero ideas for a creative project, this student felt increasingly anxious about the looming deadline. Maybe, she thought, prayer could offer some answers?
I couldn’t sleep.

Bad thoughts can’t control me 

No matter how much he tried, this teenager couldn’t get a disturbing image out of his head. Then, a spiritual insight helped him realize that the image didn’t actually have the power it claimed to hold over him. Click the link to find out what happened next.

The power to push back 

One of the things I love about being a Christian Scientist is the strength Christian Science has given me to challenge every thought that isn’t right or good.
On a long drive home, this college student faced a dangerous tire blowout but found herself unharmed. Read on to find out how her prayers prepared and protected her.

Praying all by myself 

I learned in Sunday School that these ideas we talked about weren’t just for Sundays. They were for every day. I could pray with them and be healed.

Conquering the waves of fear 

This counselor-in-training should have been looking forward to the adventures of white-water rafting during a high-water year. Instead, she felt stuck in a fog of fear. But as she turned to the Bible and Science and Health, she found answers that helped both her and her rafting buddies.
I started praying, and the thought that came to me was a camp song.