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TeenConnect: Turning Point

When I didn’t get accepted to university

Tanya Mapeta

I turned to prayer and let go of how I wanted things to turn out, instead trusting God with every aspect of my life.
Poem

Springtime in hard times

Béatrice Labarthe

Stirred by spring light
nature reveals its identity ...
Article

Waking up to wrongdoing

Liz Butterfield Wallingford

From that morning on, I never again felt that impulse to steal.
Article

Abiding in Love

Karen Daugherty

It is a joy to accept the invitation to abide in Love and experience that harmony right here, right now.
Poem

The journey

Alice Shaw

I seek, but know not what I need.
I walk, but cannot find the way.
The burden heavy, the outlook dim.
          One day ...
Poem

Beyond matter

James Walter

Atoms
fail to teach ...
TeenConnect: Your Healings

What comes next?

Julie Ward

It was the end of high school and this author felt pulled between her parents’ desire for her future, and her own. What came next was an unexpected answer from God.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Trusting God with track season

Melissa Matlalcuatzi

This athlete wanted to perform well—for herself and for her track team. But when the stress got to be too much, she knew she needed a change of mind-set. And that started with God.
Article

Turn it over to God

Elizabeth Weir

I slowly learned to relinquish the belief that I was responsible for fixing others or righting the injustices of the world and to instead have greater faith in God’s ability to right what is wrong and fully care and provide for His children.
Poem

Singing and soaring

Moriah Early-Manchester

Can I sing in the raging storm
when the shore is out of sight?
When engulfed in fear,
overwhelmed with despair,
can I sing ...
Article

“Team Humanity”

Suzanne Smedley

 We can each protest against and resist the temptation to ignore or reject our natural goodness—to refuse to speak or act in ways that are contrary to our true, spiritual nature, and that would wound rather than heal and serve self rather than the greater good.
TeenConnect: Your Healings

I stopped worrying about my summer plans

Ava Mitchell

This author was starting to feel overwhelmed with everything she had going on during the summer, and she had no idea how to make it all work. Prayer brought the needed—and surprising—answers.