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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Love is an active prayer 

Beck Riedel

After an accident on a biking trip, this author discovered a way of praying that wasn’t just effective for him; it also allowed him to help someone else.
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The real joy of Christmas

John Biggs

Would the Christmas visit he was looking forward to be ruined by illness? This author shares the simple insight that brought the best joy of all—healing—to his Christmas.

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From A Collection for Teens - January–June 2024

Quitting the complaining committee

I was relying on complaints and drama to sustain me and help me make connections rather than understanding that God leads and sustains me.

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Learning what really motivates me 

Molly Daley

It was crunch time at school and this high schooler was worried. On top of everything she had to do, she’d started feeling sick. Could one simple spiritual idea help her find a way forward?
August 3, 2026

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If you’re afraid of not being good enough

Susie Jostyn

Is “good enough” really the measure of who we are? Or is there a more spiritual way of seeing ourselves that can actually improve our performance?

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In a bad mood? 

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Trusting God, even with the little things 

Dean Ziesler

Even though I didn’t know how things would work out, I trusted the promise that God meets every need.
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Practicing Christian Science saved my life 

Neil Burghard

This author never could have known that everything he’d learned from studying Christian Science would culminate in a life-saving moment one fall afternoon while he was out water skiing with a friend.

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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 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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August 3, 2026

From the latest Sentinel

If you’re afraid of not being good enough

Susie Jostyn

Is “good enough” really the measure of who we are? Or is there a more spiritual way of seeing ourselves that can actually improve our performance?

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How would I pass the diving test? 

Marcia Hufstader

This college student thought there was no way she would pass her diving test—not when she was this scared. Read on to find out how prayer helped her break through the fear.
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When I wanted to stand up to the principal 

Heidi Kleinsmith Salter

When this student was ready to stand up to authority because she saw injustice happening at her high school, she turned to prayer to discover the best way of doing that.
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If you’re feeling haunted 

Lauren Crandall

This author shares how she prayed after a traumatic discovery when she was out rowing right before Halloween.
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Healed of anorexia 

Name Withheld

I realized that I had been hoping my body would tell me who I am or confirm something about my identity. But this hope was empty from the outset because we are made in God’s image.
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Asking God for help—with math 

Anne Hawley

For this high school student, math tests were the worst. Could one simple prayer really turn things around?
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Trusting God saved my life 

Fisher Ledbetter

I was so relieved, and yet I also understood how this outcome was possible—it was because I trusted God, instead of getting swept away by fear. 

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