TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

TeenConnect: Your Healings

Lost and found 

Luke Nutwell

Separated from his traveling companions in a foreign country, this author discovered that he wasn’t really alone. God was there, and he could trust God’s direction—completely.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

The right ideas when you need them 

Leyla Ghanem

When it comes to homework assignments and projects, is it possible that you could have the ideas you need—even before you start the assignment? One author shares her experience tuning into—and being led by—divine inspiration.

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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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TeenConnect: Q&A

Tackling peer pressure—with prayer 

John Biggs

When this college student found himself in a group of friends who kept “trash-talking” about girls, he knew he needed to do something. But could he stand up to peer pressure and still keep his friends? Prayer opened the way.
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.

TeenConnect: UpFront

Use your ‘superpower’ 

Jenny Sawyer

Ever felt an intuitive nudge to do something that seemed to defy logic? That might have been your spiritual sense at work. Read on to find out how you can have more of these spiritual sense moments, and why they matter.
TeenConnect: Why I'm a Christian Scientist

No judgment 

Courtlyn Reekstin

Religion often gets a bad rap for being “judgmental.” But this author offers a different take on what Christian Science is all about.
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.

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 - 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 …

View other Teens Collections →

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.

TeenConnect: Your Healings

A new way of helping others 

Katherine Peticolas

She thought that helping others meant picking up trash or holding the door. But then a new idea dawned on her: Maybe she could help others by praying.
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.
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.
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.

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