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Getting a better sense of the nature of life

In this Sentinel  Watch podcast, adapted for print, David Brown talks with Nate Frederick, a Christian Science practitioner and lecturer from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. To hear the podcast visit jsh.

A golden thread—four generations of healing and hope

In 1881, Mary Baker Eddy, the Leader of the Christian Science movement, was specially recognized by the members of the Church she had founded—The Church of Christ, Scientist—for her Christian example and instructions, representing, as they put it, “the highest type of womanhood, or the love that heals” (Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,  p. 52).

Where is God when bad things happen? Part 1: The basics

It’s hard to read a newspaper or turn on the TV without hearing not just bad news, but devastating and seemingly insurmountable news, from the pandemic to civil wars to political divisions to climate disasters. These events raise a big question for many people: Where is God when bad things happen? Recently Ethel Baker, the Editor of the Christian Science magazines, explored this topic with Scott Preller, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

The power of persistence

In this Sentinel Watch podcast, adapted for print, Jenny Sawyer talks with Tim Mitchinson, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Naperville, Illinois. The program centered on the following: When we’re seeking a resolution to something, or having to persist in prayer to find healing, what is it that helps us stick with it? And why should we? To hear the podcast, visit sentinel.

Getting out from under condemnation

In this  Sentinel  Watch podcast from JSH-Online. com, adapted for print, Tony Lobl talks with Andrea McCormick, a Christian Science practitioner from Denver.

Feel and know God’s love

This interview features selected experiences from a Sentinel Watch podcast and has been adapted for print. Here are accounts from Melanie Wahlberg, a Christian Science practitioner from Lake Forest, California, and John Tyler, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from Washington, DC.

Praying with and for the military

In this Sentinel Watch podcast from JSH-Online. com, adapted for print, Associate Editor Tony Lobl talks with former United States Army military chaplains Rob and Lauren Nofsinger.

Omnipresence: God’s presence embraces our past, present, and future

In this Sentinel Watch podcast from JSH-Online. com, adapted for print and part of a series, Jenny Sawyer talks with Amy Richmond, a Christian Science practitioner from Boston, Massachusetts, and Deborah Huebsch, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from San Juan Capistrano, California.

The abundance of God’s goodness that’s right at hand

In this Sentinel Watch podcast from JSH-Online. com, adapted for print, Rita Polatin talks with Mark Unger, a Christian Science practitioner from Boise, Idaho, who shares his spiritual insights on the subject.

Mary Baker Eddy’s ideas—empowering women and men, in business and life

In this edited podcast excerpt, we hear from Kim Proctor from Boston and Christine Raymond (who goes by “Chris”) from New London, New Hampshire. Kim is the product manager of  The Christian Science Monitor,  and Chris is on a team providing environmental solutions for ecological catastrophes in the Caribbean.