This Easter I went to Easter Camp, which is a camp in the United Kingdom for Christian Scientists. There were lots of fun activities during camp, along with plenty of opportunities to talk to others about Christian Science and to grow spiritually.
One of the discussion groups I went to was about exams. I had some exams right after the Easter holidays, and more over the next few months. I felt it was a good idea to get a more spiritual perspective on taking them.
by Emily
Hey, my name is Emily, and I am interning at The Mother Church here in Boston. I spent the other day wallowing in self-pity and I felt completely justified in my anger and hurt. My friend had abandoned me to brave Boston, a new city to me, on my own, the 14-hour days of commuting and work and such weren’t giving me any time or energy to do any exploring, and I missed my friends and family. (more…)
by Avery Sander
A nine-month engagement is not a long time to plan a wedding. Yet during the nine months so many events unfolded beautifully. This proved to me that getting married was not necessarily packaged with all of the stresses and burdens I had seen in the movies.
Our wedding was to be held in my home town of Jacksonville, Florida.
However, at the time we weren’t living there, or even in the same state. We were in college near St. Louis, then at a service-learning-internship program in New Orleans, at a summer camp, and in San Francisco for two weeks of Christian Science class instruction. Needless to say, our days were packed, and the time before the wedding seemed to fly by. This seemed like a recipe for a “perfect storm” not a perfect wedding. (more…)
by Avery Sander
I’m about halfway through my three-year law program. But I remember wondering if I could even get into law school.
I really wanted to go to law school; I have wanted to be a lawyer since I was eight. But my college grades were nothing terrific, and my LSAT (Law School Admission Test) score left something to be desired. I was told that I would have to pull up my LSAT score substantially in order to be accepted into any law school.
Bekah – Christian Science Sentinel, Jan 19 & 26, 2009
During my sophomore year in high school, I felt stressed and overwhelmed. It seemed I’d taken on one too many tasks, and I thought I couldn’t handle all my responsibilities. As a Christian Scientist, it was natural for me to pray about the situation. I knew this would be a good approach. But I decided that I didn’t have the time to pray and shrugged the idea off.
The following posts are adapted for mBL from a tmcyouth.com online discussion printed in the Christian Science Sentinel, Sept. 8, 2008. To read the complete article, visit tmcyouth.com.
Sosacoli
I was wondering if anyone could share ideas that they’ve had when praying about acne.
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The following posts are from a recent tmcyouth.com online discussion on how young women have prayed about chronic monthly pain. These selected comments are not republished with the Christian Science Sentinel’s intent to endorse particular views, but to give a snapshot of current issues young people are thinking and praying about in today’s world.
amyfworth
Healing menstrual cramps is something I talk about with many women who are Christian Scientists. I was wondering if anyone could share what they have prayed with in the past? I think it would help everyone.
Anna – Christian Science Sentinel, Nov. 5, 2007
My school days are jam-packed with activity.
Before the sun is even up in the morning, I’m off to school where I scurry from one class to the next. When the bell rings at the end of the school day, I hop in the car to get a ride home, ready for another schedule of events—sometimes soccer practice, ballet class, or a piano lesson, doing my homework in between. Even though it can be tempting to find the incessant bustle and buzz of my busy days exhausting, my reliance on God for strength and intelligence provides me with an endless source of energy.
Christian Science Sentinel, Nov. 12, 2007
Recently, Sentinel staff editor JENNY ROEMER spoke with ELLEN HAMMOND, MATT LAWRENCE, and LAURA FORBES’ three employees (all in their 20s) who work at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. They talked about handling stress in their lives.
Jenny Roemer: We’re here today discussing how to handle pressure and stress through prayer. Let’s start off by talking about where we’re seeing stress and pressure crop up.
Laura Forbes: Especially being in our 20s, there are pressures out there about where we’re supposed to be in our lives, and what success means. I think there’s a lot of pressure on us these days to really have it all together. Society tells you that you should have a great place to live, a great career and maybe be looking for a wife or husband, thinking about kids, and getting your finances in order. And that can sometimes seem overwhelming when you look at your life and think, Do I really have any of those things in the way the world says I should?
Matt Lawrence: That’s really interesting, Laura, because I feel that same stress. But as someone who is young and married, I also feel a different kind of pressure from my peers the pressure not to grow up, not to have kids, but to be young and go out every night and keep up with that lifestyle. It seems that people our age are caught in this middle zone like, “Well, are we going to act 20 years old, or do we need to act 30?”
by Pamela Cook
Recently NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams ran a special series called “The Mind-Body Connection.” It’s not hard to find evidence of a widespread desire to understand this connection. A Google search yields 47.1 million hits on “mind-body,” including 105 news stories in a single month (April 9 — May 9, 2008), and Amazon.com lists 6,641 books on the subject.
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