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'An army of pray-ers'
By Jenny Sawyer
September 7, 2017
That Sunday, I didn’t feel like going to church. I had a ton to do before Monday, “homework” hanging over my head. Everything inside me seemed to be saying, “You read the Christian Science Bible Lesson on your own. You pray. You can afford to skip church one week.”
But on the heels of that came another thought: “Maybe you can afford to miss church. But can theworld afford to have you skip?” Continue Reading.
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Safe from the storm
By John Biggs
Q: Can we really stop bad weather with prayer?
A: Here’s my story. I was helping on my uncle’s ranch one summer. As with all ranches and farms, weather played a big role in both day-to-day operations as well as in the farm’s success. So there was always an awareness of the weather. One afternoon, I was working with some animals, and my grandpa pulled up in his truck to let me know that there was a huge storm approaching. Continue Reading.
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Beauty treatment
By Caroline Abouchar
I’d started to notice that a lot of my friends at school were unhappy with their bodies and very self-critical. Even young women whom I considered to be incredibly beautiful weren’t seeing themselves that way, and that made me feel that there was no way I could possibly be beautiful, either. I began spending a lot of time looking at various forms of social media and comparing myself to the women in the pictures and ads I was seeing. My self-esteem plummeted ... Continue Reading.
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