Category: prayer

"You can be healed" podcast

August 1, 2007 | 2 comments

My first podcast is online. Produced for tmcyouth.com, “You can be healed,” was posted this evening and is available for anyone to listen to. Here’s the intro… When Christian Science lecturer Evan Mehlenbacher was a kid, he stepped on a

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

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

Seeking divine justice

July 16, 2007 | 5 comments

An inquirer was quizzing me about how Christian Scientists view the awful atrocities that occur in history over time. For instance, the millions Stalin murdered, or Hitler incinerated, or that civil war ravages in the heart of Africa. I said

What thou see’est, thou be’est

June 28, 2007 | 5 comments

Three weeks ago, we had a bout of forgetfulness in our household. The first major slip-up came in our mistaking the time for one of our son’s year-end concerts. The family had been planning to attend this event for months,