TeenConnect: Your Healings

Not just one healing, but two!

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TeenConnect

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

TeenConnect: UpFront

What you’ve taught me 

Jenny Sawyer

Your contributions to TeenConnect are important! Here’s what they’ve meant to TeenConnect’s editor, and the impact she feels they’re having on the world.
TeenConnect: UpFront

When life seems hard 

Jenny Sawyer

What can we do when life seems hard? This author found that gratitude opened her eyes to a very different perspective.

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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 - July–December 2023

Getting all my questions answered

It was the sincere, joyful testimonies shared by other attendees that made me realize that Christian Science was what I’d been searching for.

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TeenConnect: UpFront

“Dinner” with the enemy 

Jenny Sawyer

After being treated badly, this author had no problem seeing the perpetrator as an awful person. But when they were put together on a group project, she knew that view needed to change.
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

Different is good 

Jenny Sawyer

In college, this author was called “different” when she chose not to drink. But “different,” she discovered, wasn’t a bad thing.
TeenConnect: Trending

Turn off the noise 

Mark Catlin

When flu symptoms became a problem for this counselor and several others on staff, he found a powerful antidote to the belief of contagion by “tuning in” to God’s reassurances of health and safety.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Would I ever see my dog again? 

Joey Wahl

When his dog vanished and he couldn’t find her, this teen turned to prayer and heard a surprising message.

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 2022

When God spoke to me

I recognized that the thought to bring my knees to my chin had been an “angel message” from God.

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From A Collection for Teens - January–June 2020

Feeling tired?

Tiredness can’t affect something spiritual, so it can’t affect me, since I’m spiritual.

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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: Q&A

The real you—infinitely “cool” 

Brenda Evers

Do you want to be cool? Popular? Who wouldn’t, right? This author considers what real acceptance looks like and where it starts. (Hint: It’s all about seeing ourselves more the way God does.)
TeenConnect: UpFront

The acceptance letter 

Jenny Sawyer

Is your ability to give your gifts tied up in the circumstances of your life? According to the college admissions process, yes. But according to Christian Science, no way!
TeenConnect: UpFront

Stay connected 

Jenny Sawyer

Social media has its upsides, but it can also provoke envy and self criticism. One author shares how she responds to the impulse to stay connected, and how that has transformed her approach to Facebook and Instagram.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Feeling conflicted? 

Jenny Sawyer

If you’re struggling with a moral dilemma or trying to make a tough decision, how do you know which answer is the right one? This author shares the qualities of thought—like humility and willingness—that have helped speed her in the right direction.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

A quick healing 

Katherine Rein

Would an accident on the trampoline the night before camp started ruin her summer? No way. This author found immediate help in calling a Christian Science practitioner and knowing that God’s power was present to heal her.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Want to make a difference? Try this! 

Jenny Sawyer

This author wanted to help the causes she cared about. Should she volunteer? Join a club? Yes, she could. But she discovered something she could do every day, and which had powerful effects: read the Christian Science Bible Lesson.

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