In this Issue
February 2026
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.
—II Corinthians 10:4
WELCOME
Welcome - February 2026
Cheryl Ranson
Scientific spiritual healing happens regularly today. Keep reading to learn the “how” of this prayer-based practice.
ARTICLES
Healing at church: Do we have that expectation?
Brian Webster
Are we really expecting healing at our church services? The writer explores why we should and how prayer supports the church’s healing mission.
A spiritual view of professionalism
Alistair Savides
Praying to express God-derived qualities in his work led the writer to a successful professional career.
Refreshed through God’s love, expressed in the action of the Christ.
Cultivating confidence
Lorraine Gray
Consistently cultivating and tending the “garden” of her thought has helped this author express God-given confidence.
Is healing possible?
Lynn G. Jackson
What does it mean to heal through prayer? This Christian Science teacher explains how healing without medical intervention is possible, based on Jesus’ teachings.
Uplifted by Christian Science nursing
Yvonne Renoult
Caring for others, prayerfully and practically, uplifts thought and brings healing to ourselves and others.
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
What are we talking about?
Deborah Huebsch
Another installment in our series tackling misconceptions about Christian Science—this time, regarding the term “mortal mind.”
“Tender mercies” held my son
Rebecca Joy Clower
Listening to songs from the Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 helped this toddler overcome his fear of nightmares. He understood that God is Love and that He is showering on him “tender mercies.”
THE BIBLE: OUR SUFFICIENT GUIDE
The inspired depths of Siloam
Joshua Sprague
This author found healing of a shoulder injury through a deeper, spiritual interpretation of Jesus’ healing of the man by the pool of Siloam.
POEMS
To be in Love
Clark Beim-Esche
A poem on dwelling in the embrace of divine Love, God.
TESTIMONIES OF HEALING
Abdominal trouble gone
Stephen Fulkerson
Faced with frightening symptoms, a young husband and father is healed when he realizes that disease is a false belief, not a reality, and it can be corrected through prayer.
Healing of emotional and physical wounds
Name withheld
Wounds were healed and family relationships greatly improved through relying on God’s healing love.
Growth dissolves in sunlight of Truth
Howard J. Kittell
This author was healed of a growth on his neck after yielding a human concept of life as mortal for the true concept of man as spiritual.
Commitment to Sunday School brings decisive healing
Heather Bauer
Realizing she needed to be ready to teach Sunday School the next day helped this testifier overcome seemingly dire effects from a fall.
Healing on the night shift
Zandréa Krysha
Through reliance on God’s healing power, this author was freed of acute back pain.
OF GOOD REPORT
Leave your ego at the door
Collier Butler Kaler
This author was holding on to bent-out-of-shape feelings and a bruised ego from hurtful comments a colleague had made. When she addresses these feelings, she’s healed of a painful finger injury.
Divine direction: It’s clear
Melford Roe
A former military man shares how directions about what to do and where to go in everyday life, be they little or big, are readily available from our Father-Mother God.
Reflecting God’s abundance
Catherine de Jocas
The writer’s understanding of the true, spiritual source of wealth brought an unexpected answer to her family’s financial need.
LIVING CHURCH
An inspiring gift to The Mother Church
Lindsey Pagett
The Clerk’s Office of The Mother Church (The First Church of Christ, Scientist) was gifted two composition notebooks that belonged to a remarkably faithful Christian Scientist: William B. Haines. Mr. Haines, of British nationality, was a World War II prisoner of war for three and a half years in Sumatra.
Warm spaces
Pauline Brew
Christian Science Reading Rooms can be “warm spaces” where people can learn more about God.
2026 per capita tax message
Josh Niles
The 2026 per capita tax message from the President of The Mother Church.
Changes to the Christian Science periodicals and a new book from The Christian Science Publishing Society.
EDITORIAL
The love that’s already ours
Tony Lobl
We all want to love and feel loved, but whether or not we have a special one in our lives we can find a love that’s always at hand
