Youth

Getting along 

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.

Teacher trouble 

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.
I go to Christian Science Sunday School.

Stuck on the ski slope 

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.

100 percent faithful 

To be faithful means to keep promises, to be true to your word. It makes me think about how God is faithful to His promise to love us and take care of us—no matter what.

From fear to freedom 

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?

When God spoke to me 

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.

Are you a green squirrel? 

Humor and healing go hand in hand when a little boy calls his Sunday School teacher for help. 
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.

A quarterback prays 

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.

Mr. Bumblebee flies home 

Mr. Bumblebee had all the intelligence he needed, coming straight from God!