A guest post written by Donna Clifton I vividly remember the first time someone made a disparaging remark to me about the power of prayer to heal. Having been raised as a Christian Scientist, I was used to turning to God in prayer whenever a healing was needed. I took it for granted that my prayers—and those of my parents—would
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A guest post written by Ingrid Peschke, health blogger, legislative liaison for Christian Science and spirituality in Massachusetts So often the emphasis is on the “doing” not the “being” when it comes to caring for one’s health. People do all sorts of things, from taking daily medications to undergoing treatments and procedures to find out if they are healthy or
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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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A guest post by Robin Collins Does analytical thinking undermine religion? I recently read an article in the Los Angeles Times about social psychologists who are investigating this question. The Times presents the views of Will Gervais, lead author of “Analytical Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief” published in the April 27th issue of Science. He states that instead of treating science
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A guest post written by Jennifer Glaser The Santa Monica Christian Science Church recently hosted an area Interfaith Meeting to discuss the topic: “Science and Faith: Are these compatible, in conflict, or irrelevant to each other?” Although spirituality has been the core of healing as far back as human existence, physical scientists, including those in the medical community, have not
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A guest post written by Karen Sevaly Ever since I was little, I have been familiar with Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed where Jesus instructs, “if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.” When this parable
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Russ Gerber, Media Manager, Christian Science Committee on Publication, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, had a thoughtful piece on his blog about the successful rescue of the Chilean miners that I felt worthy of re-publishing here. Gerber writes: The successful rescue of the Chilean miners is a story still aglow, not just from the light it brought into people’s
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