TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

TeenConnect: My church

Church—don’t miss out

Inge Schmidt

Think you’re not missing anything by not going to church? Think again.
TeenConnect: Fact or Fiction?

No problem?

Amy Richmond

Does being a Christian Scientist mean living a life exempt from problems? One author explores the fact that addresses this fiction.

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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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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TeenConnect: UpFront

Start with love

Jenny Sawyer

Feeling overwhelmed by what you see in the news, or even the issues you encounter in your own life? This author was, too, until she heard and responded to a simple idea: Start with love.
March 9, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Feeling stuck on a presentation?

Anna-Zoë Herr

With a big presentation looming, this doctoral student felt stuck—and panicked. What happened next didn’t just help her succeed; it also taught her so much more about God as the source of everything good in her life.

TeenConnect: Q&A

Get unstuck

Deborah Huebsch

This author wondered how she could get Christian Science to work for her. But then a passage from Science and Health changed her approach entirely—and brought healing.
TeenConnect: UpFront

The best graduation gift

Jenny Sawyer

Looking for new opportunities, or direction, or a way to use your talents after your high school or college graduation? Look no further than this awesome spiritual fact: You’re the son or daughter of the infinite.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Praying together about the Orlando shooting

Jenny Sawyer

In the face of terrorism, what can we do? Even a simple prayer is enough to begin making a difference. So let’s pray together to combat hatred, fear, and despair.

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 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.

View other Teens Collections →

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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March 9, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Feeling stuck on a presentation?

Anna-Zoë Herr

With a big presentation looming, this doctoral student felt stuck—and panicked. What happened next didn’t just help her succeed; it also taught her so much more about God as the source of everything good in her life.

TeenConnect: UpFront

What church can do

Jenny Sawyer

The power of Christ, which church helps us experience, changed me in that moment. 
TeenConnect: Fact or Fiction?

Don’t take it personally

Annette Dutenhoffer

Problems always try to masquerade as “ours,” but that’s a fiction. The fact is that each of us is actually a pure and loved idea in Mind, and recognizing this fact allows healing to happen.
TeenConnect: Turning Point

The ride of my life

Pamela Keiser

At age 14, she faced a turning point in her life: sell her beloved horse. Christian Science came to her rescue in more ways than one.
TeenConnect: Turning Point

Outward bound

Debby S. Miller

When things started falling apart her freshman year, this college student needed a new, more spiritual perspective. Thanks to a surprise visitor, she found one—and it proved to be a turning point in her life.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Sexual assault: what YOU can do

Jenny Sawyer

Instead of accepting the pervasiveness of sexual assault as the “new normal,” we can come together as healers and pray to see the true normal: each of us, held safe and intact in Love.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Finding healing and home after college

Lizzie Witney

Feeling out of place after college and struggling with pain, this author welcomed in the Christ, the saving power of God, and found healing. 

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