by Don Ingwerson (originally posted November 2010) Makeovers. We are bombarded daily with the validity of this suggestion. It can cover anything from upgrading a family home to slimming down or muscling up a body. It seems that any person, business, religion, or government is periodically involved in a makeover. A twist to this trend is how drug companies use a
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A guest post written by Bob Eklund Today, as space exploration and astronomy combine – using space-borne telescopes that give us increasingly vast perspectives on the universe – we are reminded of Mary Baker Eddy’s words in Science and Health, “The astronomer will no longer look up to the stars, – he will look out from them upon the universe…”
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A guest post written by Ken Girard who represents Christian Science in the media and in government lawmaking in Massachusetts For a while, I’ve been what some may describe as a “senior.” Many moons ago, the only significance the category “senior” had for me was aspiring to be one when I was a freshman! Well, anyway, here I am at
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Meet Jane. She had multiple sclerosis and her doctors had no cure. She was completely healed through Christian Science. To view others’ “Lives Lived” from this video series about people who have been healed using Christian Science use this link.
A guest post written by Kathy Schofield Almost every day I read or hear discussions on what could be considered a dilemma. The dilemma: How does a person know if the health care system or the medicine they are choosing is the right one to solve their problem(s)? The other day I heard an interview with a physician who said
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by Don Ingwerson When I visit Redlands, California, I always visit the newspaper. I recall the first time a few years ago when I asked the editor if she knew anything about Christian Science activities in Redlands. She smiled and said, “Oh, yes. The church is located across from the library downtown and the members visit this office regularly.” This
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by Don Ingwerson Drafted into military service! Those were the words of my college registrar as he advised the members of my class as to what they would experience after graduation. That advice just didn’t make any sense to me. Surely the Korean Conflict would be over before I graduated – it wasn’t. During college, I had an opportunity to
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A guest post by Madelon Maupin The passing this week of Apple founder, Steve Jobs, has raised the issue of nurture vs. nature once again. Jobs was adopted after his young parents decided they couldn’t keep him. Growing up, he strongly adopted the ‘nurture’ side of the nature/nurture debate, i.e. that one is more informed and molded by their
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A guest post written by Ginny Nilsen Besides my desktop computer, I use a laptop, a notebook, and an iPhone for sending e-mails. Each has a uniquely different keyboard and sometimes my fingers don’t quite adapt to the placement of the keys unless my thought is adapted to the application I am using at the time. Recently, I ended an
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A guest post written by Alan Galt A central but challenging principle for many students of Christian Science is the concept that matter and the material body are unreal. A cherished statement from the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, begins with the radical declaration, “There is no life,
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