A guest post written by Diana Colarossi Is Thanksgiving, a day, a holiday, or a state of mind? Does it matter if we celebrate Thanksgiving among friends, family, or alone? Thanksgiving isn’t a day. It’s a state of mind giving gratitude to God. Thanks to God shouldn’t be confined to one special day of the year. Nor is it a
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A guest post written by Steven Salt, Committee on Publication for Ohio Amid the nationwide debate about health care and each individual’s search for a safe, effective and affordable approach, more of us are experiencing the “aha moment” when it becomes clear that being healthy and staying in the pink is an individual responsibility. It’s a personal endeavor. November 2012
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A guest post written by B. B. Prest Ready for that turkey dinner this year? And what about giving thanks – will that be on the menu? For many of us it will be. But for others, it may not. In thinking about giving thanks, I am reminded of the Biblical account from Luke about the ten lepers who were
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by Don Ingwerson I shared “12 Spiritual Steps to a Healthier Christmas,” written by Tony Lobl (UK Committee on Publication), last year, but I thought it was definitely worth sharing again because Thanksgiving is just a couple of days away and then we will be into the Christmas season. Also, check out the comments at the end of Tony’s article,
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by Don Ingwerson Now that the elections are over, I think reposting this information from the Federal Committee office web site on health insurance for Christian Scientists may be helpful – I encourage you to read it if you missed it before. The article below on insurance is just one of the many items that are presented on this web
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A guest post written by John D. Clague, Christian Science Committee on Publication for Oregon “We engage in emotional contagion,” says Sigal Barsade, a Wharton management professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who studies the influence of emotions on the workplace. “Emotions travel from person to person like a virus,” she says. Many of us have experienced this in one
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A guest post written by Bill Priest I was raised in Christian Science, and stayed with it until I finished a four-year hitch in the Navy. After that I married and had three sons, but without raising them in Christian Science. I used doctors, medicine, and hospitals, and God had little to do with my complicated, twenty-four-year, unhappy life. It
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A guest post written by Susan Spears and previously published November 22, 2010 Talking about the unlimited man brings us to the limitation of human words. When words are only used in the context of the material world around us, the thoughts behind the words are also kept in that limited world. But when words are given spiritual meaning and
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Here is a Federal Legislative Affairs post I thought worth sharing: In February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin that will have a direct impact on the long-term viability of HSAs. As we’ve discussed before, HSAs can be used to cover Christian Science nursing and practitioner expenses. In the bulletin, HHS explained how health insurance
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A guest post written by Ingrid Peschke, the current representative for Christian Science in Massachusetts On a recent afternoon my middle schooler reported a less than stellar grade on his French test and in the same breath shared several other potentially nerve-racking comments about his school day. I stood at the kitchen island sorting mail and nodding to his news
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