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Honest, authentic takes on timely topics—written by and for teens.

TeenConnect: Your Healings

You’re not the exception 

Julia Schuck

 This author appreciated the ideas she was learning in Christian Science Sunday School, but she wasn’t convinced they all applied to her … until she had a healing that proved otherwise.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about? 

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

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From A Collection for Teens - July–December 2020

How can I find a feeling of purpose?

My purpose was already divinely established, and with that purpose came the avenues to express it.

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Moving mountains of despair 

Lynn Hofflund

In dark moments, when we feel impossibly stuck, is there anything that can move us forward? As this author learned, even the smallest amount of faith can do that.
June 8, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about?

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

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Safe at school 

Candace Anderson

Facing a dangerous situation at school, this author leaned on what she’d learned about God from attending Christian Science Sunday School. The healing that followed included not just her, but the potential perpetrator, too.
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How can I stop scrolling? 

Molly Richardson Jerry

If you’re struggling to get off your phone, this author has some spiritual insights—gained from her own prayers about how to stop scrolling—that can help.
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When I read Science and Health, I knew my search was over 

Lee Ann Schlatter

Even though her dad was a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until this college student needed answers to life’s big questions that the message came to pick up Science and Health for herself.

Share your healing experience

Hey, teens! Have a healing to share? Check out the Teens Writer’s Corner to learn how.

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Share your healing experience

Hey, teens! Have a healing to share? Check out the Teens Writer’s Corner to learn how.

Write for JSH

From A Collection for Teens - January–June 2023

They took my phone, but I prayed

I knew right away that these officers, being spiritual, could do nothing besides what God, Spirit, was causing them to do.

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From A Collection for Teens - July–December 2021

Searching for direction?

Well, that’s when I got it. I didn’t need advice from another person, no matter how intelligent or well-meaning they were. The best direction I could get was from God …

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June 8, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about?

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

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I never thought I could love my stepmother 

Name Withheld

Traumatic family events complicated this author’s relationship with her stepmother. Loving her seemed impossible. But was it?
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Angry at a friend? Love is here to help. 

Grace Ott Anderson

This author felt like she had every right to be mad at her friend. But, she discovered, the anger and hurt couldn’t stick—not in the presence of divine Love.
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A spiritual response to feeling overwhelmed 

Amarachi Ejimadu

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With a pile-up of work and the end of the semester looming, this college student got a new insight from her prayers that surprised her: Gratitude can be an antidote for feeling overwhelmed.
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Not just one healing, but two! 

Phoebe Fogarty

Facing some chronic discomfort, this teen committed to praying about it. The spiritual uplift she experienced from her prayers for herself turned out to be even more far-reaching than she expected.
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No more cat allergies 

Jonathon King

Sleeping in the same room as a cat was the last thing this teen wanted to do—especially since he was allergic. Read on to find out how prayer brought an instantaneous—and permanent—healing. 
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How to get over a grudge 

Bailey Gordon

After a friend said something unkind, this teen struggled with hurt—and hatred. But looking to Jesus’ example, she found that getting over a grudge could be a healing experience.

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