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You deserve to be healed

Eric Nelson

Even when healings don’t happen as quickly as we would like, there should never come a time when we stop insisting on the fact of God’s love for us, even the all-presence and power of divine Love itself. 
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We can be brothers, sisters, burden-lifters

Brian Webster

Maintaining godly thoughts about everyone we see, and mentally reversing negative suggestions, helps to remove the burdens that plague humanity. 
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“No!” and know

Mary Ann Sprague-Denison

With the pain I was experiencing in my back, a new idea inspired me: to not only say no but to also know.
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Perseverance

Barbara Nott Schaffer

We can rise in the strength of Spirit to persevere on our path. 
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Reclaiming “if only” moments

Richard Gates

We can rewrite the past in accord with spiritual reality and prove mistakes powerless to prolong or even produce sorrow, futility, or defeat.
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It’s never too late to conquer fear

Pauline Brew

Confidence began to well up within me as I learned of my God-given perfection and completeness. 
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Divine radiance

James Walter

As a new year begins and a new day dawns, so the light of Spirit awakens each of us.
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Gifted with agelessness

Mark Swinney

The belief that we are destined to live a life that ultimately goes downhill is so widespread—do we stand a chance at overcoming age-based limitations?
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Why won’t God make me quit?

Deborah Huebsch

When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.
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You are one with God

with John Tyler

If you long to feel closer to God, join us as we discuss with our guest, John Tyler, how everyone has an intimate relation to God and how to discover it. Getting a sense of your oneness with God really can change your life in the very best of ways.
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Forward motion

Prudence Backhouse

When you start with God, you can find ways to move forward. 
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Mr. Bumblebee flies home

Gay Bryant Flatt

Mr. Bumblebee had all the intelligence he needed, coming straight from God!
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Rotation in office

The Christian Science Board of Directors

Dear Members and Friends,
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Testimony of Healing

Heart attack symptoms reversed

Valerie Laver

When my mom came home, my dad pointed to me and at the top of his voice told her, “That child healed me.”
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Grateful for God’s presence

Alexandra Hawley

I continued diligently pondering the depth of each name for God, letting my consciousness be filled with the endless good qualities they express. As I let these qualities envelop me, I felt an even deeper sense of God’s presence, and along with it, an inner calm. 
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Testimony of Healing

Saved from drowning

Audrey von der Mehden

As I yielded to the conviction that we were actually safe in the loving care of our divine Father-Mother, a great calm came over me.
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Bible Lens

Truth

January 17–23, 2022

The Jewish concept of truth includes stability, certainty, and trustworthiness.
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Love

January 24–30, 2022

To the Hebrew people, God’s Word was more than an utterance; the Word itself had power. 
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Letters & Conversations

Barbara Lauger, Ann Barnes, Janice Peters

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Finding resilience through God’s grace

Mimi Oka

True resilience is grounded in the spiritual fact that God is our divine Parent, who has bestowed grace and favor upon each of us because each of God’s children is precious in His sight. 
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Leveling wealth with honesty

Evan Mehlenbacher

I was not being honest with myself. I knew the farm was not my right place, but I stayed there because I believed it was the fastest route to wealth and success.
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An academic fraud? No way!

Susan Damone

My class assignment, rather than exposing me as an academic fraud, helped me see that it is the Mind that is God that provides inspiration, order, and clarity of thought. 
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My prayer of “Yes”

Bunny McBride

A commitment to look for and say yes to the good, to the light, fueled my effort to know the truth about what I am.
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Teens

Scared to fly?

Luc Savoye

In that moment in the air, I realized this was an opportunity to have another healing experience by praying.
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New Year

Christian Pascale

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Divine radiance

James Walter

As a new year begins and a new day dawns, so the light of Spirit awakens each of us.
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Gifted with agelessness

Mark Swinney

The belief that we are destined to live a life that ultimately goes downhill is so widespread—do we stand a chance at overcoming age-based limitations?
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Why won’t God make me quit?

Deborah Huebsch

When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.
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You are one with God

with John Tyler

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Testimony of Healing

Tenacious trouble with shoulder gone

Kathryn Thompson

I realized that the spiritual breakthrough could still be quick, no matter how long this had been going on. Spiritual inspiration inevitably leads to healing.
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Bike accident injury healed

A. J. Kiser

I did my best to constantly redirect my thinking away from preoccupation with what might happen and back to the present moment, keeping things simple and just cherishing God’s present care.
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Prayer leads to fulfilling job

Joan McCormick

Was I going to let a limited, material view of the employment situation bring me down with discouragement, jealousy, and self-pity, or was I going to take a spiritual view and trust that God meets every need abundantly? 
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God

December 27, 2021–January 2, 2022

Peter declares that with Christ Jesus’ advent, salvation is available to all believers. 
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Letters & Conversations

C Merry Ann Peterson, Cheryl Ryan, Belinda Joines

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A renewed life

Jenny Sawyer

Cultivating not only a heart that yearns to understand God as Spirit but also a willingness to identify and let go of materialistic ways of thinking, is central to the practice of Christian Science.
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Learning the not-so-hard way

Lesley Gort

Turning to this perfect Mind to know how to think and act, pausing to listen to wisdom in place of the impulses of a false sense of self, we steer clear of the minefield of reactionary, negative behavior and learn and live more of the divine nature.
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Peniel

Peter Tyner

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Identity—what am I seeing?

Ryan Vigil

I found that in seeing myself as the expression of God, divine Love, I was giving others the opportunity to see me that way, too. And I found that I was able to see and honor each individual’s unique identity while recognizing, above all, our brotherhood and sisterhood as children of God.
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Staying on God’s path

Michael Fisher

If it sometimes seems as though we’re not following or can’t find the right path in business, a relationship, or a desired healing, we can pause, turn to God, and let Him show us His way.
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Use your “superpower”

Alicia Clayton

Roland had learned that his greatest superpower was prayer.
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Divine radiance

James Walter

As a new year begins and a new day dawns, so the light of Spirit awakens each of us.
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Gifted with agelessness

Mark Swinney

The belief that we are destined to live a life that ultimately goes downhill is so widespread—do we stand a chance at overcoming age-based limitations?
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Why won’t God make me quit?

Deborah Huebsch

When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.
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You are one with God

with John Tyler

If you long to feel closer to God, join us as we discuss with our guest, John Tyler, how everyone has an intimate relation to God and how to discover it. Getting a sense of your oneness with God really can change your life in the very best of ways.
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Testimony of Healing

Knee pain swiftly healed

Carol Coykendall Raner

As my husband and I went for a walk, I gave God a silent “thank you” with each step.
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God is “a very present help in trouble”

Andrea Schwochow

My take-away from this experience was a realization of just how powerful God’s love for each one of us is.
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Prayer brings hikers’ rescue

Judy Myers

This experience deepened my trust in God. I realized that He had been with us every step of the way. 
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Sacrament

January 3–9, 2022

Divine action is not superficial but deep and thorough, destroying every sinful thought and act.
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Letters & Conversations

Kim Kilduff

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Resting—in action!

Tony Lobl

When called to do so, we too can perform duties that limit our sleep “without harm” to ourselves—whether completing a deadlined project, or responding to an urgent request for healing prayer. This isn’t about powering through on the promised adrenalin of human will, but about letting that communing with God open our thoughts to a profound peace that’s always inherent in us as God’s offspring.
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Sleeping well

Lyle Young

Prayer has led me to not be preoccupied with screens or email when I go to bed but to cherish that time as quiet time with God, a time for listening for thoughts from God.
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Proving the power of God during a pandemic

Curtis Wahlberg

I aspire to prove that a spiritual, prayer-based effort offers the surest protection because it addresses the essential problem: the belief that matter and material laws rule our lives. Each proof that life is governed by Spirit, not human beliefs about contagion, is a step toward finding the way out of the limits and destructive nature of the belief of life in matter. 
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How I found Christian Science

My search for truth

Alyse Rabinowitz

By the end of that Sunday service, I knew I had come to the end of my search. I had found the truth!
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

On the way to the state soccer tournament

Anna Reighart

She should have been looking forward to the state soccer tournament, but instead this high school senior felt disappointed: She’d hurt her ankle, and her coach had given his own daughter a coveted spot on the roster. What propelled her forward in spite of these setbacks? Read on to find out.
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Image and Inspiration

This week’s photographic inspiration and related text.
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Divine radiance

James Walter

As a new year begins and a new day dawns, so the light of Spirit awakens each of us.
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Gifted with agelessness

Mark Swinney

The belief that we are destined to live a life that ultimately goes downhill is so widespread—do we stand a chance at overcoming age-based limitations?
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Why won’t God make me quit?

Deborah Huebsch

When this contributor wanted to stop smoking, she kept waiting for God to do something—like take away the craving. But what she discovered about what she had to do first can help anyone struggling with a bad habit.
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You are one with God

with John Tyler

If you long to feel closer to God, join us as we discuss with our guest, John Tyler, how everyone has an intimate relation to God and how to discover it. Getting a sense of your oneness with God really can change your life in the very best of ways.
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Testimony of Healing

Freedom of movement regained

Cathy Edge

The fear began to fade, and my prayers gained strength and momentum. My trust in God’s constant, tender care reassured me that nothing could harm me. 
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Healed after headfirst fall

Elizabeth Pond

I thought of Mary Baker Eddy’s definition of “the proof of healing” as “a sweet and certain sense that God is Love” (Science and Health, p. 569). I really felt that sweet and certain sense of the presence of Love with me. 
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Torn relationship and ligaments mended

Michael Mooslin

I returned on the second day at the base hospital to complete the reserve weekend, where my doctor friends were incredulous. We spent the day talking about Christian Science and how prayer heals.
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Life

January 10–16, 2022

Eternal life is the natural result of observing God’s law.
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Letters & Conversations

Dorothy Zellers, Joe Brensinger

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