A guest post written by Bill Downs The book of Job is a drama that highlights the age-old idea that God may be the cause of suffering as punishment for sin. Job has had many horrible things happen to him from a health perspective as well as from a financial perspective. Although Job insists he has not sinned, his friends
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A guest post written by Charles Lindahl. Article originally posted October 30, 2012. I have been a volunteer management consultant for over 10 years with the Executive Service Corps (ESC), an organization that matches retired executives with administrators and boards of nonprofit organizations that need help with planning, board development, fund raising, and executive coaching. Along the way, I have
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A guest post written by Mary Lou MacKenzie The popularity of the current best seller, Proof of Heaven by Dr. Eben Alexander, indicates a yearning and interest that most of us have for a deeper understanding of what constitutes eternal LIFE. No matter how full ones life is here and now, most of us wonder at some time or another
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by Don Ingwerson This post was originally posted July 30, 2012 Early in life, I discovered the importance and the relationship between health and performance. While in the military, I worked in a chapel located where all new recruits in that region were sent to do basic training. As the chaplain’s assistant, I saw their loneliness first hand and often
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A guest post written by Robin Collins To take good care of my health I am learning the value of self-examination, not by investigating my body, but instead my thoughts. When in urgent need, I’ve found a pure, unselfish outlook helps cure discomfort, pain, and disease. In practicing Christian Science, I take a close look at my motive. I ask,
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by Don Ingwerson “Mindfulness Meeting This Way” proclaimed a small sign at the entrance of one of the many medical buildings on the UCLA Campus – and suddenly I felt invigorated. I was not there to attend a mindfulness meeting, but to interview the GWish (George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health) project director, Dr. Margaret Stuber, about a Templeton-funded
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A guest post written by Tim Booth I recently had a conversation with my wife about her tennis group and the discussions they have regarding health. A common theme is the apparent ease with which modern medicine and pharmaceuticals can solve physical problems by simply replacing parts. One woman recently had a knee replaced while others have had a variety
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A guest post written by Evelyn Brookins I recently saw a video blog by Eric Bashor, Christian Science Health News Briefing, about how psychiatrists have concluded that the fear of disease is itself a disease. What I found thought provoking was the source of our fear of disease, which led me to recall being carefully taught in school about germs
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by Don Ingwerson This post was originally posted July 16, 2012. You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean? Meditation and love are very much a part of healthy lifestyles, according to columnist Mark Bittman, who stated in a New York Times Opinionator article, “For the first time in history, lifestyle diseases…kill more people
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A guest post written by Marc Thompson I had a very normal childhood spending most of my time outside with friends after school and on weekends – riding bikes, hiking, swimming, running, climbing trees, etc. On Sundays my family attended the local Christian Science Church, where my sister and I went to the Sunday School. Whenever I would get hurt
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