This week's issue | May 23, 2022
Prayer-led Christian caring
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Editorial
Christian caring, including Christian Science nursing, is not a substitute for prayer, or something to do when the healing results of prayer don’t yet seem evident. It moves hand in hand with Christian Science healing treatment in bearing witness to the presence and power of divine Love to heal.
Keeping Watch
Wisdom’s voice can be heard and accepted. It can win the day for individuals and for nations.
Poem
As the tree, so am I strong—prayerfully bolstering every branch of thoughtagainst the stubborn weight of fear, doubt, pain—secure in God’s might alone.
Article
If I feel as if I’ve lost my joy, I go looking for it! And I keep searching until I find it. I pray about joy, for myself and for the world. Joy comes from knowing God, loving God, and being grateful for God’s love for all.
Article
Moment by moment, I listened quietly to God’s messages of love. It was a yielding, a letting go of human struggling and striving, but not in a fatalistic way. It was more like handing the problem over to a loving parent.
Kids
I had a thought that I might find a best friend very soon. I think that might have been God talking to me because of what happened next.
This Week’s Featured Online Content
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Staying with relatives who weren’t Christian Scientists wasn’t a problem until this teenager began struggling with a cough. Would they support her desire to rely on God for healing?
Sentinel Watch
Do you love yourself? Really, truly love yourself? Moving beyond liking yourself—flaws and all—to getting to know your real selfhood—flawless and spiritual—isn't just satisfying; it's healing. And it's fundamental to fulfilling the second great commandment, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Poem
This poem explores how to navigate questions such as “Where did I go wrong?” and “How can I be better?”
Article
As I’ve been praying about people who’ve fled their homes in Ukraine, I’ve been turning to the Bible, which has so many stories about people fleeing.
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Bible Lens
Complement your study of the weekly Christian Science Quarterly® Bible Lessons with insights and research from the Bible Lens.
Healings
When our first
son was young, he was such a happy boy, who loved laughing and bouncing higher and higher in his bouncy seat when he was not yet walking.
Testimony of Healing
I was so grateful for the assurance that because God loves and cares for each one of us as His child, I was naturally immune to this or any virus.
Testimony of Healing
In the morning, when I put my feet on the floor, there was absolutely no pain.
Bible Lens
“The day of the Lord” is a major theme in the Hebrew Bible.
Letters & Conversations
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