Category: church

Prosperity gospel and the recession

December 28, 2009 | 8 comments

I read an eye-catching article titled, “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” in The Atlantic. Hanna Rosin, the author, argues that the prosperity gospel preached to tens of millions of Christians, promoted excess financial risk-taking that contributed to the housing bubble

The church of Spirit

November 22, 2009 | 8 comments

I’m going to worship in the church of Spirit today. Oh, what a delightful place to be! The church of Spirit is not a place on this earth, a building of stone, or a portal on the Internet. The church

Most loving sermon in the world

April 28, 2009 | 7 comments

I’ve had people over the years tell me that they thought Christian Science church services were boring, and I’ve been tempted to think the same myself in the past. But I don’t anymore. A few months ago, a new perspective

Christ penetrates the stubbornness

January 8, 2009 | 1 comment

Last August, when my family visited Switzerland, our tour stopped to see a most unusual church. Our bus pulled up alongside a humongous rock jetting up into the sky with a large church built on top. The guide pointed out

You are a holy place

November 18, 2008 | 3 comments

The Christian Science Bible Lesson on “Soul and Body,” this week begins with the Golden Text, “…the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” This verse always arrests my attention because it is a very sobering thought to