TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

TeenConnect: Your Healings

Keeping up at camp 

Owen Sipe

It was so easy to see that my campers’ energy comes from God—an unlimited source. This helped me realize that my energy also comes from God, not from getting more sleep or working less. 
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The strength to run my race 

Zoe Peesel

This teen was excited to run her first 10K, until partway into the race, when she found herself struggling. Read on to discover the spiritual insights that carried her forward.

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From Special 2021 Teens' Collection

Peak performance

The more I understood that my ability comes from God—and always has—the easier it was to let go of the belief that I’d somehow lost my skill.

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My relatives saw that I was healed 

Avantika Dey

Staying with relatives who weren’t Christian Scientists wasn’t a problem until this teenager began struggling with a cough. Would they support her desire to rely on God for healing?
April 20, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

A spiritual response to feeling overwhelmed

Amarachi Ejimadu

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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In the middle of the woods, God was there 

Jonah Hosmer

It was dark, raining, and the camp capture the flag game had turned into a misery. But even in the depths of the woods, this teen discovered that he wasn’t alone.
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No more panic attacks 

John Biggs

Not only did this author discover that he could quickly be free from a panic attack thanks to Christian Science, he also found that he could experience permanent healing.
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When you’re out of your comfort zone 

Thomas Shackelford

At a summer camp famous for its rugged outdoor activities, this teen felt unsure about his ability to keep up—especially when it came to a major hike. Prayer brought him out of the discomfort zone into a newfound freedom.

Share your healing experience

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

Write for JSH

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 - 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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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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April 20, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

A spiritual response to feeling overwhelmed

Amarachi Ejimadu

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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How can I stop hating myself? 

Deborah Huebsch

If you’ve ever struggled with self-hatred, you may know the pattern of critical, hateful, self-destructive thoughts all too well. This author certainly did. But after she found Christian Science, she discovered a new way of looking at herself that brought freedom.
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Pray about sports? Really? 

Karen Trevor-Roberts

When this field hockey player’s dad encouraged her to pray about her games, she brushed it off, thinking it was just a pep talk. But then came a day when she did pray . . . and it changed her whole approach to sports.
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"I feel like I can't quit" 

Wendy Giersdorf

This author felt trapped in a cycle of trying—and failing—to break free from an addiction. But after she began reading Science and Health, she discovered a new way of looking at herself that, to her surprise, brought quick and complete healing.
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Spiritual lessons from lockdown 

Hasha Freedman

When the circumstances of the pandemic pulled her into a dark hole of restlessness and anxiety, this teen thought she could just ride out the misery until life went back to normal. But when that didn’t work, she found an even better answer in Christian Science.
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The only thing left was Love 

Caryl Emra Farkas

As a kid, she’d loved Christian Science. But as high school graduation neared, none of what she’d learned in Sunday School made sense anymore. Or so she thought.
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A healing of my own 

Dillon Hussey

This camp counselor hadn’t had many healings of his own when he injured himself at camp. But even though the injury didn’t seem like a big deal, he realized this was still an opportunity to pray.

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