TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

TeenConnect: Your Healings

A healing of homesickness

Zack

Nervous about feeling homesick during camp, this author decided to tackle the problem through prayer. The result? A powerful message from God that changed his whole summer.
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The tie that binds 

Jenny Sawyer

What is it that allows us to help others and find help ourselves? You might say, “Understanding each other’s pain.” But actually, healing comes when what we share isn’t the belief in the reality of pain, but an understanding of the reality of divine Love.

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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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‘She was threatening to jump’ 

Katiana Cokinos

The woman was about to jump off the bridge. Was there anything this author could do to help?
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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After the break-up 

Kiki Holmes

Devastated by a break-up, this author couldn’t seem to shake the feelings of sadness and confusion. But things changed when she realized she didn’t have to hate her ex; she could still love!
TeenConnect: UpFront

Your healing matters 

Jenny Sawyer

Wondering if you should share your testimonies of healing by writing them up and submitting them? Answer: Yes! Your testimony could heal a reader anywhere in the world!
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Stop the drama 

Jenny Sawyer

Friend and relationship drama may seem overwhelming—and unstoppable. But a Bible story brought this writer clarity on how she could be an agent of peace—and stop the drama once and for all.

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 - 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 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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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

Off to practice—trusting God 

Anna Christian McMullen

She’d planned to go to softball practice until pain threatened to get in the way. How could this athlete go forward? By trusting God as her source, step by step.
TeenConnect: Q&A

You can pray about loneliness 

By Jenny Sawyer with Curt Wahlberg

 Feeling lonely?
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You can pray about loneliness (part two) 

By Jenny Sawyer with Curt Wahlberg

Today, even though we’re more connected than ever, a lot of us still feel pretty lonely. Here’s how we can pray about loneliness—for ourselves and the world.
TeenConnect: UpFront

You can count on it 

Jenny Sawyer

Her friend’s pastor had just the right words when her friend was struggling. Could she trust that her own pastor—the Bible and Science and Health—had the same power to speak, and the capacity to help?
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Better than Google 

Jenny Sawyer

Google may be your authority on most things. But when it comes to figuring out what we should be praying about, even when we’re dealing with alarming symptoms, God, not a search engine, is our best, most reliable source.
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A God-directed role 

Noah Fredrickson

Who wouldn’t want the leading role in a play? Not this actor, who felt he wasn’t up to the part. But as he prayed, his feelings about the show changed from being all about fear to being all about love.

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