In this Issue
June 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 - June 2026
Nancy Mullen
Wherever we are, divine Love is there too, caring for each of as a mother bird cares for her nestlings.
ARTICLES
“The removal of a single weight”
Mark Swinney
It is good practice to allow our thoughts to be divine and Christly, so that they “outweigh all else.”
God gave you dominion—don’t give it away!
Keb Bemis
Engaging in sports as an entirely spiritual, not material, activity gives us freedom and dominion over negative aftereffects.
The choice that leads to true happiness
Douglas Sytsma
This article shows how happiness doesn’t come from material circumstances, but from choosing to harmonize with divine Principle, including refusing to adopt mortal passions such as anger, lust, and revenge.
“I can do all things”
Sylvia Messner
This author found great blessings through realizing more of our oneness with God, the only creator.
Which Peter are you?
Alex Griffin
Peter’s example shows us how to overcome limitations and follow in Jesus’ footsteps.
Spirit, God, is the starting point
Rocha Mupoyi Mbenza
Reasoning from the basis that Spirit is the only creator, source, or cause of all existence, and holding to that, brings healing because Spirit’s creation can only be spiritual and perfect.
The transparent thought
ROBERT SCHULT
The more we clean our windowpane of thought, allowing it to become more transparent, more receptive to Spirit, the more thought becomes spiritualized and reformed, and we find healing.
THE BIBLE: OUR SUFFICIENT GUIDE
Are we worthy and able to heal?
Brian Webster
No advanced understanding is requisite for healing, but a humble willingness to open the door of our thought to Christ.
POEMS
You are light
Liesl Ehmke
The divine light you seek already fills you, for you express this light.
TESTIMONIES OF HEALING
Immobilizing pain overcome
Fenna Corry
This testifier was healed of immobilizing pain in her hip and thigh through her deep commitment to spiritual healing and the blessing of spiritual growth that comes with it.
Child healed of warts
Jamie Osborne
A mother’s recognition of her daughter’s innate purity and goodness heals her of a disfiguring blemish.
Healed of inflammation following childbirth
Marina Hutchins
The understanding of her inviolable status as God’s reflection—healthy, strong, and functioning harmoniously—heals a young mother of a fever.
Reading Room work supports quick ankle healing
Cara Cusack-Theodule
Holding to what God knows and sees brought about quick healing of an ankle injury.
Bone injury quickly healed
Nancy K. Colbentson
This author had a quick healing of a severely injured hand and finger when she turned wholeheartedly to God.
FROM THE MARY BAKER EDDY LIBRARY
Mary Baker Eddy was an admirer of American poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier, and she gifted him an inscribed copy of Science and Health. After she visited him when he was quite ill once, he remarked that the visit had done him much good.
OF GOOD REPORT
Christian love in the grocery store
Beth Campbell
When this writer came across a disturbed, violent young woman in a supermarket, she reached out to her in love and prayer and brought calm and harmony to the situation.
Business standstill resolved peacefully
Bruce Jamerson
A conflict over a business deal was resolved harmoniously when the author prayed with the idea that, instead of many mortal minds working on the deal, there was only one divine Mind, God, directing everyone involved as His perfect reflection.
The “tractor beam” of Love
Leslie Hobbs
After feeling burdened by the process of going through her late father’s belongings, this Christian Scientist gained hope and productivity through prayer and a new way of looking at God and His care for His children.
Lost computer recovered
Glenn Williams
A lost computer becomes an opportunity to prove the power of prayer.
SPIRITUAL SHORTS
“Pray the ninety-first Psalm!”
Charlotte Bushnell
The ideas in the ninety-first Psalm are readily available to pray with to help us find protection and safety.
LIVING CHURCH
A library of thoughts
Christine Negley
A branch church’s Christian Science Monitor discussion group helps church and community members pray about local and global issues.
Rotation on the Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
A new Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society, Kevin Ness, CSB, of Boston, Massachusetts, has joined Jennifer McLaughlin, CSB, and Scott Preller, CSB, effective May 18, 2026.
Read news and updates from Boston, which include a new “What is Christian Science?” brochure, explanations about Bible content in the periodicals, an inspiring Reading Room webinar related the Bible Lesson, and the posting of the latest Bible collection on JSH-Online.com.
EDITORIAL
Shine as lights in the world
Moji George
This editorial shares ideas about letting our light shine as Jesus taught, and the healing effects of doing so.
