Category: life

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

Remove the pebble

August 13, 2010 | 2 comments

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. ~ Muhammad Ali Is their a pebble in your shoe? Perhaps a gripe, a grudge, a resentment, or a complaint that is hobbling

Values held in common

July 29, 2010 | 5 comments

Have you ever wondered what values people around the globe hold in common regardless of what religion they may or may not espouse? Rushworth Kidder, co-founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, says there is a core of shared moral

A blessed life

July 23, 2010 | 2 comments

Last weekend, my wife and I took our teenagers on a jetboat ride down and up the Snake River in Hell’s Canyon on the Idaho and Oregon State borders. It was a grand time and we saw many beautiful works

Choose Life over aging

July 2, 2010 | 9 comments

A woman remarked to me that “She needed to pray about aging because she was starting to face aches and conditions associated with advancing years.” I replied, “Don’t focus your prayers on the topic of aging. Focus on understanding eternal