TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

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My innocence was intact 

Kristin Manker

During a study abroad, this author was enjoying an evening of practicing her new language with the locals when she was caught off-guard by one man's inappropriate advances. Prayer not only healed her of the aftereffects of the incident, but it also gave her a deeper understanding of each individual's spiritual innocence.
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Church—don’t miss out 

Inge Schmidt

Think you’re not missing anything by not going to church? Think again.

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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.

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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.
June 8, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about?

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

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.
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.

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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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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 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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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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June 8, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about?

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

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.
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.
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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.

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