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Jars Of Herbs And Spices

The Spice of Life

A guest post written by Susan Spears Article originally posted September 29, 2011 Ever hear that phrase, “variety is the spice of life?” While I was driving home the other day I got to thinking about variety and by extension, choice. It’s amazing what avenues your mind will travel when you let it. First I noticed how many types of
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Blogging – Behind the Scenes

by Susan Spears, Office Manager for Don Ingwerson Many of you regularly comment on the blog and routinely see the changes that take place as the blog evolves. But many are new to the blog or infrequent visitors, so I wanted to point out some of the ways the blog has developed over time with work from Leona Laurie (our
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The Comforter

A guest post written by Susan Spears and previously published November 22, 2010 Talking about the unlimited man brings us to the limitation of human words. When words are only used in the context of the material world around us, the thoughts behind the words are also kept in that limited world. But when words are given spiritual meaning and
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Take A Stand

A guest post written by Susan Spears I never got to see The Beatles in concert while I was growing up – they broke up the year I was born. But like a lot of people, when I was a teenager, I was able to appreciate their music. I am more a fan of their earlier music, while my husband
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The Spice of Life

A guest post written by Susan Spears Ever hear that phrase, “variety is the spice of life?” While I was driving home the other day I got to thinking about variety and by extension, choice. It’s amazing what avenues your mind will travel when you let it. First I noticed how many types of cars there are. We may have
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Is Cyberwar inevitable?

A guest post written by Susan Spears War. Doesn’t it seem like war and military excursions are going on all the time? We have the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, the Gulf War, the Iraq War (Gulf War number 2), and the War in Afghanistan, to name a few. And then comes some encouraging news: On June 22
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Did God “make” doctors?

A guest post written by Susan Spears As a Christian Scientist, I have encountered the belief that God made doctors for us to go to for healing. Since God made the doctors, then being in the faith that relies on prayer instead of doctors is foolish, or short sighted, or just plain wrong. But did God literally make doctors? St.
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Is Christian Science boring?

A guest post written by Susan Spears Is Christian Science boring? What a question. How can the process of learning and growth ever be boring? Unfortunately, I have heard from some church attendees that at least our service is boring. But the struggle in Christian Science churches to be fresh and invigorating is also happening in a significant number of
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Inspiration

A guest post written by Susan Spears Christian Scientists work every day to see God’s inspiration in their daily lives. With this in mind, the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, counsels us that “we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures) I know
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The Comforter

A guest post written by Susan Spears Talking about the unlimited man brings us to the limitation of human words. When words are only used in the context of the material world around us, the thoughts behind the words are also kept in that limited world. But when words are given spiritual meaning and purpose, man is found to be
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