A guest post by Ann Botts A dear friend recently asked me to read Cutting For Stone by Abraham Yoghese. She said that it would not be a book that I would select, but for her, would I read it? As it was about the life and experiences of a doctor, she was right. I would never have chosen that
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by Don Ingwerson So said a great number of clinicians and physicians when a research article published findings that indicated prayer was helpful in improving vision and hearing. According to the Southern Medical Journal editor, and reported in the September issue of the Duke University newsletter, “Crossroads, Exploring Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Health,” there was great controversy as to
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A guest post written by Graham Bothwell (originally posted April 26, 2011) Wikipedia states that, as of February 2011, over 156 million public blogs exist. Only a small fraction mentions Christian Science, some of which contain misleading or incorrect statements about Christian Science. Wherever we can, it’s worthwhile responding to such statements, not just because they constitute inaccurate information in
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by Don Ingwerson This is a repost of an article from May, 2011, but it is such an inspiring healing that I thought I would share it again. How God heals. Difficult to explain, but inspiring when it happens. Daily I’m asked to explain how Christian Science works. The response that prayer is key to physical and emotional healing can
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A guest post written by Blake Windal, a blog first published September 7, 2010 As a student of Christian Science and business professional working frequently in community organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, there are ample opportunities to share with others about our movement and occasionally to correct misperceptions about its teachings and founder, Mary Baker Eddy. Like myself,
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A guest post written by Steven Salt, Committee on Publication for Ohio Religion and spirituality have often been viewed in medicine as largely irrelevant, even conflicting with care. That impression is changing according to Dr. Harold Koenig, Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University. He has studied the links between health and spirituality for nearly
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A guest post written by Ingrid Peschke, Health blogger, legislative liaison for Christian Science and spirituality in Massachusetts, Christian Science practitioner Recently, I had an interesting conversation with my fifth-grader’s health teacher. His class was just about to begin the “disease unit” so I sent a letter to school, requesting that the teacher excuse him from these discussions. As
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A guest post written by Lani Meanley Collins For me, it takes concerted daily effort to overcome the hurry and worry – can I get all the things completed and respond to all the people and the circumstances that demand or need attention? I am reluctantly and humbly coming to the conclusion that the answer is, “No, not alone.” I
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Guest post written by Anne Cooling For a long time our country has been using predominately one type of healthcare, but more frequently the public is turning toward the successful use of alternative medicines. Deepak Chopra, MD states in “Medicine’s Great Divide – The view from the Alternative Side” that, “Over a decade ago, …the New England Journal of Medicine
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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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