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TeenConnect: Your Healings

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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Abide with me

Andrew Sentinella, Henry Francis Lyte

We hope you enjoy listening to this new musical setting of Hymn 8 from the Christian Science Hymnal. The lyrics are by Henry Francis Lyte and the music is by Andrew Sentinella. Click on the “Listen” button to hear the song.
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Are we helpless in the face of extreme weather?

Judy Wolff

The fear of the political fallout and the storm’s destruction needed to be offset by the understanding of divine Love’s calming, healing presence and supremacy.
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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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It has to be Love

Kit Cornell Kurtz

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Watching grass grow

Carlos A. Machado

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Elections—making a choice

Judith Hedrick

Any polarization or conflict that arises in elections is the result of the belief that power belongs to people, who have both good and evil qualities, instead of to God.
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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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How God empowers athletes

Thomas Fuller

I could feel my thought shifting, looking to omnipotent Spirit as the single source of strength.
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Praying for government offices

Lynn G. Jackson

Our prayers for the offices of government can help uphold the office, its purpose, and the spiritual qualities necessary to sustain it. And this naturally blesses.
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The balloon lesson

Ken Cooper

The balloon was blown up 
to incredible size. 
It taught me a lesson 
that …

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Seeking spiritual wisdom over human advice

John Qualtrough

If we are seeking guidance, we want to turn our thoughts toward God and gain a spiritual perspective on life.