Month: August 2010

The easier way

August 31, 2010 | 2 comments

A friend complained recently that she was having a tough day because others were doing things she didn’t approve of and it was very hard for her to be kind and loving to them because of their actions. Without missing

The mosque debate in NYC

August 30, 2010 | 9 comments

In my own prayers for peace of mind concerning the Muslim community’s desire to build a mosque near ground zero in New York City, I can’t help but be reminded of Paul’s words “There is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision

Jury duty

August 27, 2010 | 3 comments

I was called in for jury duty last Monday. I sat in a large room with 70 other potential jurors patiently waiting for instructions. Two trials were about to commence and most people around me appeared to be hoping they

Transplant organs or transplant beliefs?

August 26, 2010 | 7 comments

The last story I’ll share from Bruce Lipton’s book, “The Biology of Belief,”… “One conservative, health-conscious New Englander, Claire Sylvia, was astonished when she developed a taste for beer, chicken nuggets and motorcycles after her heart-lung transplant. Sylvia talked to

Knee surgery proved not necessary

August 25, 2010 | 4 comments

Continuing yesterday’s discussion about Bruce Lipton’s book, “The biology of belief”… Another study he shares illustrates the placebo effect of surgery, in this case, knee surgery. He wrote, “A Baylor School of Medicine study, published in 2002 in the New