Web Originals

Sometimes I am required to pray like the wren sings—with consistent affirmation, confident protest, vigilant alertness, and a ready response to the light of Truth.

Getting along

When her friends began disregarding her parents’ rules during a road trip, this college student felt totally justified in being angry. But a persistent thought came to her rescue—and changed the dynamic with her fellow passengers.

Teacher trouble

Doing online-only school was hard enough for this high schooler. But having a tough teacher made things even worse. Thankfully, this teen had Christian Science to help her learn how to think about the situation in a different—healing—way.
While I’d been spending a lot of time thinking about eating and expecting pleasure from it, I was beginning to see that what are thought of as material “pleasures” actually confer no real enjoyment. I began to find deep satisfaction in thinking about God, communing with God, and making this a priority.

Is this for real?

As you scroll TikTok or Instagram looking for information about what’s going on in Ukraine, how do you know if what you’re seeing is legit? Good sleuthing skills help, but there’s actually a spiritual quality within each of us that’s an even more powerful and accurate guide. 
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, once wrote, “True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection” (No and Yes, p. 39). Here is one such prayer.

Stuck on the ski slope

Stuck and terrified at the top of a steep slope, this teen skier had no idea how she was ever going to make it to the bottom, where her mom was waiting. None of her fellow skiers came to her rescue . . . but God did.

The only me

A poem about the true identity of each one of us as God’s beloved creation. Includes a spiritual take on selfies!
Understanding the omnipotence of Life as eternal good helps us embrace the strength and holiness of that divine Life, which the Bible says heals all our diseases.

Beauty

The beauty around us is sourced in God, “the One ‘altogether lovely’ ” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 3).

Saved in a blizzard

I continued to panic and felt trapped, knowing that if the car ran out of gas, it wouldn’t be long before I would be in dire straits. I was so shaken that I figuratively threw my hands in the air and asked God, “Now what do I do?”

From fear to freedom

From adapting to breathing with an air tank to responding to underwater emergencies, this college student found that her scuba class was way more challenging than she had anticipated. How would she ever pass the final test?