A guest post written by Anne Stearns Condon (originally published in the Ventura County Star) Our dinner tables will soon be spread with the bounty of our perennial harvest. It is the great day of shared abundance known to all as Thanksgiving. Plates will be piled high with favorite dishes amid the usual traditional fare. This is a holiday that
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A guest post written by Madelon Maupin (originally posted November 2010) This week is National Bible Week, from the Sunday preceding Thanksgiving to the following Sunday. During this season of gratitude, it’s a perfect time to be thankful for the Scriptures that reveal man’s spiritual nature through the lives of the Bible’s characters. Starting with the glorious announcement in Genesis
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A guest post written by Valerie Elliott (originally posted November 2010) With the Thanksgiving season upon us, it is easy for me to give thanks! But it hasn’t always been that way for me. I was an agnostic for many years of my adulthood, and pretty much felt if there was a higher power, He wasn’t particularly interested in
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by Don Ingwerson (originally posted September 2010) During a recent meeting of Christian Scientists from the Christian Science Churches in Southern California, part of the day was dedicated to a discussion of how to help the public understand the practices of the religion when the public has much misinformation. The discussion of the group centered on four questions in regard to
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by Don Ingwerson Thanksgiving is almost here and Christmas has already made it onto the stores’ shelves. For some this means extra stress and pressure to create that perfect holiday experience. How do we avoid past holiday mistakes and create a healthy and happy holiday? I was reading a few of the research studies on the topic of health and
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A guest post written by Keith Wommack, Committee on Publication for Texas A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to discuss Christian Science with a newspaper editor. After hearing about the religious organization and the system of spiritual health care, she said, “Since Christian Science is weird, it –.” The editor stopped mid-sentence, looked at me, and said, “Oh, I’m
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A guest post written by Penny Fine In one of the early Harry Potter movies, Harry and Ron are on their way back to Hogwarts School – not riding on the usual train, but driving through the air in Ron’s family’s yellow car. This unreal event was brought to mind recently when I was sitting with one of my cats,
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by Don Ingwerson At this point, there’s not much I can add about such a famous author. But I have never felt that I really knew where Mark Twain stood on Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science. The reason for this confusion is that he wrote conflicting statements about Mary Baker Eddy during different periods of his life. Recently I
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by Don Ingwerson This past month I set up meetings with the Spanish-speaking media in order to familiarize them with Christian Science and to share information about complementary and alternative health. Christian Science Media Manager for Latin America and Europe, Grace Fuller, and the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Mexico, Arturo Gudino, and I met with four Spanish language
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A guest post written by Robert B. Clark, Committee on Publication for Florida CBS News ran a must-see “Assignment America” segment recently called “Animal Odd Couple”. It told an amazing story about an unlikely partnership between a rescued elephant, Tarra, and a rescued dog, Bella. If you have a few minutes now, click the link above and watch the video.
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