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December 18, 2018

Love—actually

Amy Richmond

Getting dumped right before Christmas was this author’s definition of the worst Christmas ever. Now what was she supposed to do while everyone else was celebrating? She ...

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December 11, 2018

After the storm

Barrie Paulson

As a winter storm raged outside, this college student battled her own storm of feeling unworthy, unloved, and sick. But a single call to a Christian Science practitioner ...

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December 4, 2018

What does it mean to be a real man?

John Biggs

When it came to achievements on the playing field or sexual conquests, this author just wasn’t measuring up—and that caused him to doubt himself both as a person and a ...

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November 26, 2018

The rivers . . . shall not overwhelm you

Kim Crooks Korinek

It is in our natural and continual communion with God that our peace, equanimity, and unshakable poise are revealed.

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November 9, 2018

Immigration and new neighbors

Susan Stark

I was raised in a town where there are many immigrants.

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November 9, 2018

Beyond taking sides on immigration reform

Elizabeth Kellogg

For those living in the United States, the issue of immigration reform is on the front pages once again.

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November 9, 2018

Hymn 278

P.M

The following words are from a hymn in the 1932 Christian Science Hymnal.

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November 7, 2018

How can I pray for people in desperate straits?

Meghan Moss Jones

If you see people who are homeless, addicted to drugs, or otherwise struggling, what can you do? This author shares how praying through her own perception of others has made ...

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October 30, 2018

Can we stop fighting about politics?

Melissa Frontczak

When you’re having a political discussion, what’s your goal? To convince someone else how wrong they are? Taking an honest look at her own political discussions led this ...

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October 16, 2018

How can I talk with people who have differing political viewpoints?

John Biggs

When a political conversation turns into a debate, how can you respond in a way that really helps? This writer got a surprising response when he asked himself that very ...

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September 26, 2018

What’s life about?

Diane P. Dailey

She thought she had it all: Money. Clothes. Success. But when a friend asked about the meaning of life, this author was brought up short. What was life really all about? ...

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September 19, 2018

Pain isn’t normal

Carolina Queiroz Couto

For this author, monthly menstrual pain seemed normal—until she began digging deeper into what she’d learned in the Christian Science Sunday School.

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