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TeenConnect: UpFront

Are you being manipulated?

Jenny Sawyer

Social media mavens, advertisers, and even politicians all want one thing: your attention and buy-in. How can we protect ourselves from these subtle and not-so-subtle influences? One basic but powerful spiritual fact offers help and freedom.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Good, bad, or somewhere in between?

Jenny Sawyer

When you look at the world around you, it can seem like some people are good, some people are bad, and some are somewhere in between. But as healers, we can take a different view—and bring out the innate spiritual goodness in everyone we meet.

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

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From A Collection for Teens - January–June 2024

Quitting the complaining committee

I was relying on complaints and drama to sustain me and help me make connections rather than understanding that God leads and sustains me.

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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Eight thousand miles from home … but still at home

Busiwa Asinga

Faced with a brand new school in a brand new country, this teen wondered if she would ever feel like she was at home, or that she belonged, again. Read about how prayer helped her find comfort—and a conviction that she could be at home wherever she was.
December 22, 2025

From the latest Sentinel

A healing over the holidays

Sophie Ungerleider

Christmas break was within reach for this college student … when suddenly her back started hurting. Read on to discover the spiritual breakthroughts that led to her healing.

TeenConnect: Q&A

Do you care what others think?

Amy Richmond

Do you care too much about what others might be thinking about you? One writer says, “been there,” and goes on to show how getting a God-based understanding of her identity has helped her feel secure and happy.
TeenConnect: UpFront

School shootings: What can we do?

Jenny Sawyer

Persistence isn’t something we have to muster up to help us get motivated to pray; it motivates us.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Clear guidance for healing

Robbie Robison

Hit with an illness during a service trip to Peru, this teen found concrete guidance in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy that sped him along to healing.

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 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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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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December 22, 2025

From the latest Sentinel

A healing over the holidays

Sophie Ungerleider

Christmas break was within reach for this college student … when suddenly her back started hurting. Read on to discover the spiritual breakthroughts that led to her healing.

TeenConnect: Q&A

Fearless in the face of danger

Jeremy Fox

In the middle of a frightening situation, one teen found that instead of fear and panic, he could feel the peace of God’s presence—and that turned everything around.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

A new way of praying—that heals

Ashley Kamau

A healing of a cold turns into a lesson on how to pray effectively.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Who cares if I’m spiritual?

Jenny Sawyer

This question from a teen got the author thinking. What does it really mean to be spiritual, and what practical effects can knowing our spiritual identity have in our lives? The answers might surprise you.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Healing a broken heart

Dyllan McClain

She felt as though all the love in her life came from one person: her boyfriend. So when he broke up with her, she thought she’d lost something she could never get back. A pivotal conversation in Sunday School changed her mind—and her experience.
TeenConnect: Q&A

Beyond skin color

Christian Kongolo

This teen couldn’t understand why a guy on social media had rejected his friend request. When it came to light that skin color might be the issue, he turned to prayer to understand more deeply that, in his words, “It isn’t being of the same race or culture that makes us feel ‘in.’ It’s God. It’s knowing that we are living in God’s kingdom as God’s offspring.”
TeenConnect: UpFront

Essay due? Prayer can help.

Jenny Sawyer

Stuck staring at a blinking cursor, wondering what to write? One author shares some of the spiritual lessons she’s learned about the writing process, and how we can each put them into practice in whatever creative project we’re facing.

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