Month: July 2007

Treatment versus prayer

July 23, 2007 | 11 comments

I’ve often been asked, “What is the difference between giving a Christian Science treatment and prayer?” On one hand, there is no difference for a treatment is a prayer for healing. But, on the other, there is a distinction to

Never alone

July 19, 2007 | 4 comments

Here’s a touching story sent in be a reader that reminds us of our constant companion: Indian Fatherhood Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage? His dad takes him into the forest – blindfolded

An answered prayer

July 18, 2007 | 1 comment

The following is a story from a President Ballantyne who told of a special Christmas season from his boyhood days. Ballantyne grew up in Star Valley, Wyoming, which is harsh country. The summers are short and fleeting, while the winters

Ship unsinkable

July 17, 2007 | 1 comment

All the water in the world No matter how it tried Could never sink the smallest ship Unless it got inside. All the evil of the world And every kind of sin Could never damn a human soul Unless we

Caring for others

July 17, 2007 | No comments yet

  “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of