This week's issue June 8, 2026
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June 15, 2026

From the Editors

Whether or not you’re a soccer (football) fan, there’s palpable excitement building over this year’s FIFA World Cup games, which begin on June 11 with a match in Mexico City.

Here in Boston, where seven matches will be played, we feel it, too. Businesses everywhere are embracing the World Cup—the most-watched sporting event in the world. For our part, we’ve prepared a special, longer issue of the Sentinel for you to read and share.

Among other offerings, the issue includes a selection of sports-related articles and testimonies of healing. We hope it inspires and spiritualizes thought—that’s the goal!

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Editorial

When the World Cup comes to town

Tony Lobl

If we are constantly seeking to see God’s qualities expressed, enjoying a game or a match becomes memorable beyond its entertainment value.

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Article

A World Cup welcome

Leide Lessa

Mary Baker Eddy once spoke of there being “Millions of unprejudiced minds—simple seekers for Truth.” When soccer fans geared up for the 2014 World Cup games in Brazil, the local Christian Science churches geared up, too, with prayer and plans, to reach the “seekers” who were coming to town.

Living Church

Testimony of Healing

Persistent prayer dissolves lump

Tamie Kanata

“I came to understand that my God-given health, joy, purity, and innocence cannot be taken from me.”

Daily Practice

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Sentinel Watch

Prayer: What's the goal?

With Bob Cochran

If practicing Christian Science is about more than just fixing our problems, then what is the higher goal? This week, we speak with Bob Cochran, who shares what he’s learned is the goal and how this new understanding has strengthened and blessed his practice of Christian Science.

Daily Practice

Praying for the World

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Where do we really live?

Alison J. Hughes

From the editors

Christ Jesus describes where we live in three words: ”kingdom of heaven.” Where exactly is that? And what does living there mean for us?

Poem

The facts of light

Kit Cornell Kurtz

Christ Jesus told us, “I am the light of the world.”

Praying for the World

A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE FROM

Being present in this moment

Mark Swinney

As we direct our focus to what God, Spirit, is doing, we find we’re equipped, as His offspring, to do good works.

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Editorial

When the World Cup comes to town

Tony Lobl

If we are constantly seeking to see God’s qualities expressed, enjoying a game or a match becomes memorable beyond its entertainment value.

Back to Basics

Article

A true view of Ego brings healing

Reece Schaberg

From the editors

Getting beyond a limiting, human ego can be invaluable. How does knowing that the truths we pray are true for all help us resolve lingering problems?

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Our relationship with God—what is it really?

With Deborah Packer

If you’ve ever felt far away from God, this week’s show is for you. Our guest, Deborah Packer, shares what she’s learned from Jesus’ teachings, and her own experiences, about how close we actually always are with God. And how understanding this oneness better can bring us healing and help us heal others, too.

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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Prayer in sports: What’s it all about?

Katherine Blair

Soccer season wasn’t starting out the way this varsity player had hoped. Could she pray about her performance? Or what was her real goal?

TeenConnect: Your Healings

You’re not the exception

Julia Schuck

This author appreciated the ideas she was learning in Christian Science Sunday School, but she wasn’t convinced they all applied to her … until she had a healing that proved otherwise.

Kids

Under pressure? Pray!

Sara Hoagland Hunter

It all came down to the final kick of the game. But instead of giving in to pressure, this soccer player knew that she could pray.

Living Church

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Article

A World Cup welcome

Leide Lessa

Mary Baker Eddy once spoke of there being “Millions of unprejudiced minds—simple seekers for Truth.” When soccer fans geared up for the 2014 World Cup games in Brazil, the local Christian Science churches geared up, too, with prayer and plans, to reach the “seekers” who were coming to town.

Living Church

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Weekly updates: June 8 & 15, 2026

Read about the release of “Sports and Prayer,” a motivating set of articles about leaning on God in athletics. And in case you missed it, two recent updates to support our sharing of Christian Science with the public.