TeenConnect: Your Healings

Not just one healing, but two!

Read

TeenConnect

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

TeenConnect: Your Healings

Where do I belong? 

Riley Small

Struggling to find friends and a feeling of belonging at her new school, this author found an answer to her problems by getting a new perspective—a spiritual perspective.
TeenConnect: UpFront

How do you know? 

Jenny Sawyer

When you’re facing a tough moral decision, how can you know if you’re really headed in the right direction? One author shares, from her own experience, how she’s found spiritual sense to be a reliable, and unerring, guide.

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 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.

View other Teens Collections →

TeenConnect: Why I'm a Christian Scientist

My true north 

John Biggs

For this author, being a Christian Scientist isn’t about “applying” Christian Science to problems in his life, but about knowing and understanding God better and living in a way that consistently proves that understanding.
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: Fact or Fiction?

I couldn’t deny it 

Amy Richmond

Christian Science doesn’t ask us to ignore challenges.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Prayer that moves you forward 

Jenny Sawyer

How can we pray in a way that’s more effortless, and more effective? A day of sailing helped this author find answers to that question, and gave new momentum to her prayers.
TeenConnect: UpFront

The ultimate comfort

Jenny Sawyer

Lying on her bed in a state of despair, this author wanted comfort. What she got was so much more.

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.

View other Teens Collections →

From A Collection for Teens - July–December 2022

Pray about sports? Really?

While I wasn’t praying for us to win, I was excited to discover the way prayer brings out more unity and harmony on the field.

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: UpFront

‘How can I have a healing?’ 

Jenny Sawyer

If you feel like you haven’t had a healing—or that you don’t know how to have one—this author has some good news for you: Healing is simply a change in thought. How can you make that thought-shift? Read on.
TeenConnect: Q&A

If you’re tempted to cheat 

Lizzie Witney

Overwhelmed by the academics in her new school, this author prayed for a solution. The specific—and unexpected—divine guidance that followed not only helped her succeed on a difficult exam, but it also supported her in facing down the temptation to cheat.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Under pressure 

Jenny Sawyer

We might think of peer pressure as something obvious—like the push to drink at a party. But often, peer pressure doesn’t even feel like pressure. In this article, the author shares how she learned to be alert to the subtle pull of peer pressure and how to pray about it effectively.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Help! I think my friend is mad at me. 

Jenny Sawyer

What do you do if you think your friend is mad at you? Be a good friend, not by running around trying to make things better, but—surprise—by loving God first.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

A healing on Halloween 

Jace Morris

When an ankle injury threatened to keep this teen home on Halloween night, she realized she could be healed just as quickly and surely as if Christ Jesus had been there. And she was.
TeenConnect: Q&A

What does it mean to lean on God? 

Kendra Scott

With only a few days to learn a leading role, this actress discovered that leaning on God has practical effects. She shares more about just what it means to lean on the Divine in this Q&A.

More TeenConnect content

My Church
Q&A
Trending
Turning Point
Your Healings