20-Something
ALL LAST SUMMER I had been so looking forward to spending my Labor Day weekend (September 2-3) at my old summer camp in Missouri, the site of the first Spiritual Activism Summit hosted by TMC Youth. However, on the morning I was to get on the plane to fly out there, I woke up and looked in the bathroom mirror.
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I had the opportunity to backpack across a beautiful mountain range in New Mexico with six other young women at Philmont Scout Ranch. We had been grouped together for an expedition offered by Philmont through a unique Venture Scouting BSA (Boy Scouts of America) program.
AFTER THE DEATH OF A FRIEND in seventh grade, I carried around a feeling of sadness and guilt. I felt that I had made mistakes and let people down, and hadn't always been the friend I could have been.
On Saturday, February 10, a sunny winter day in New Haven, Connecticut, the Christian Science Organization at Yale University hosted an intimate and thought-provoking regional "Global Awareness" conference for members of Christian Science Organizations (CSOs) at college and university campuses from New England. The Journal asked Yale student Inge Schmidt, an organizer of the conference and the CSO contact for the university, to share how the conference began and the events of the day.
DURING MY TEEN YEARS I faced emotional setbacks, which made me confused about God's role in my life. I was very shy and within myself, and I had low selfesteem.
I KNEW that even in the midst of the chaos in the village, God was present and all-powerful. I HAD JUST ARRIVED IN GUÉRIN-KOUKA to meet up with a few other Peace Corps volunteers.
I WAS THRILLED. I had been admitted to college at one of the top theater schools in the United States, in the conservatory's most competitive year ever.
Christian Science has been a way of life for me since I was ten. My brother learned about it through a healing he received by reading an article in the Christian Science Sentinel, which he was given by a friend in school.