Youth

This author found herself looking ahead to a project with stress and dread. But two simple steps shifted her perspective and brought her a conviction of the presence of God’s goodness—and speedy success.
It was the dirtiest, skinniest, scaredest cat I’d ever seen.

Where do I belong?

Struggling to find friends and a feeling of belonging at her new school, this author found an answer to her problems by getting a new perspective—a spiritual perspective.

How do you know?

When you’re facing a tough moral decision, how can you know if you’re really headed in the right direction? One author shares, from her own experience, how she’s found spiritual sense to be a reliable, and unerring, guide.

My true north

For this author, being a Christian Scientist isn’t about “applying” Christian Science to problems in his life, but about knowing and understanding God better and living in a way that consistently proves that understanding.

I couldn’t deny it

Christian Science doesn’t ask us to ignore challenges.

Stuck with a bad habit? Not me!

My fingernails looked awful! Biting them was a bad habit.
How can we pray in a way that’s more effortless, and more effective? A day of sailing helped this author find answers to that question, and gave new momentum to her prayers.
We don’t shine by our own light, but we include and reflect all the wonderful attributes of God, such as  joy, grace, strength, and humility.

The ultimate comfort

Lying on her bed in a state of despair, this author wanted comfort. What she got was so much more.

Echo and the bees

My dog, Echo, is black with a little white stripe down his nose and floppy ears.
If you feel like you haven’t had a healing—or that you don’t know how to have one—this author has some good news for you: Healing is simply a change in thought. How can you make that thought-shift? Read on.