Web Originals

Poem

Divine authority

Chris Jones

At the first hint
   of dawn’s inevitability
peeking through my window
I’m reminded of the glowing
glorious …
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Healing on the day of a big exam

Mary Shennum

It was this author’s moment to play her bassoon for the judges, who would decide her grade on this end-of-semester exam. But when she woke up that morning, she couldn’t even open her mouth. Could Christian Science help?
Article

The path out of hatred

Deborah Huebsch

There is a growing conviction in my heart that people and places that seem consumed with hatred can be viewed with healing compassion that can melt even the most egregious forms of hatred.
Article

A freeing truth in the strawberry patch

Martine Blackler

Every question I had ever had concerning God was answered, until not one single doubt of His existence remained.
Poem

God’s blessings ever yours

Kit Cornell Kurtz

What happens
to all the blessings
that God pours forth—
the good …

Article

The continuity of God’s goodness

Mark Swinney

It’s comforting to glimpse in prayer how, in every corner of existence and in every corner of thought, God, including God’s pure goodness, is present—the only presence. In reality, there exists absolutely nothing to react negatively to God.
Poem

Right now

Kim Haig

The veil of gloom has lifted,
so clearly I can see 
no unhappy thought or woe …
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God’s guidance during my travels

Isabel Clark

I wasn’t helpless. I’ve known since I was a little kid that I can always turn to God for help.
Article

The watchfulness that brings peace

Karen Neff

We all want peace in our lives and the world, and Christian Science teaches that to find that peace, it is essential to watch our thoughts as Christ Jesus taught when he said, “What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (Mark 13:37).
Poem

Holding peace

Fenna Corry

How often do words escape my mouth that I later regret?
How often do I feel a need to defend myself, to justify my actions or reactions …
Article

Just good deeds or genuine love?

Yvonne Renoult

We can abandon any sense of having our own personal ability or inability to forgive and turn to divine Love, the source of all forgiveness. I began to pray in this way every time this acquaintance came to thought.
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A week full of healing

Sara Lang

I was overwhelmed by this loving divine presence and basked in it as I held the puppy.