TeenConnect: Your Healings

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

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.

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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: 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.
October 12, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Feeling God’s love again

Solace Smith

Feeling overwhelmed by all the problems in the world, this author got new insight into God’s presence and love from a place she didn’t expect: a choir concert.

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. 

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 - 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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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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October 12, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

Feeling God’s love again

Solace Smith

Feeling overwhelmed by all the problems in the world, this author got new insight into God’s presence and love from a place she didn’t expect: a choir concert.

TeenConnect: UpFront

Beat exam stress 

Jenny Sawyer

This author saw exam stress fade as she upgraded her prayers about test-taking.
TeenConnect: UpFront

Smartphone addiction: Let’s pray 

Jenny Sawyer

Calling for your prayers about teen smartphone addiction. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
TeenConnect: Fact or Fiction?

Red flag 

Deborah Huebsch

What can you do if you face strong negative emotions like anger or grief? Follow Jesus’ examples and use them as an aid to help you grow.
TeenConnect: My church

The best advertising 

Piper Foster Wilder

What makes a Christian Science church service totally unique? It’s not the fellowship, or the comfort, or the music, as great as those are. It’s the promise of healing. It’s the fact that healing happens in church when our hearts are moved by Christ. Guaranteed.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Gratitude for … tests? 

Denny Veidelis

Overwhelmed during finals week, this high school junior turned to Science and Health and found a surprising answer to test stress.
TeenConnect: Q&A

‘He didn’t jump’ 

Ellen Hammond

Was the man on the bridge about to jump? Unable to stop and help, and with nowhere to turn but prayer, this writer reached out to God and felt the powerful presence of divine Love, encompassing her and everyone. The effects were life-saving.

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