Category: Truth

Sin’s necessity

November 19, 2012 | 8 comments

Here’s a view of sin I’d never considered in depth before: “This is sin’s necessity,– to destroy itself.”  Mary Baker Eddy (S&H 405:19) Sin is often viewed in terms of the harm it brings the sinner. A caught thief is sent

Cast a ballot for unity

November 6, 2012 | 13 comments

The United States has a presidential election today. The populace has been barraged by campaign ads, political news reports, myriad opinions from every point of view, and polls predicting a certain outcome one day, and an opposite outcome the next. Now it’s

Defeat pride and ego

October 26, 2012 | 10 comments

Do you feel like you always have to be right? Do you interrupt conversations with others in order to get your opinion in and be heard—every time? Do you feel like what you have to say is more important than

Use the tool correctly

October 22, 2012 | 7 comments

I had a chainsaw in the garage to saw down an unwanted cottonwood tree on the backside of our property. My wife took the saw’s chain in for sharpening, and I had to put it back on the saw before I

Changing the past

September 19, 2012 | 14 comments

Now here is an arresting truth to consider that one of my patients emailed me recently:      “If I change my thoughts about my past,      I change my experience of the past.” Who said you can’t change