Lose a fear of failure

February 2, 2006 | No comments yet

A woman was terrified about ever praying for spiritual healing again because she had heard of someone dying despite their best spiritual efforts to stay alive. There was no medical solution to the deceased man’s problem, but nonetheless, prayer hadn’t

A reply to loneliness

January 31, 2006 | No comments yet

A “love-letter” to a widow who was feeling very lonely. Dear Helen, I love you! I love you in the morning. I love you in the evening. I love you when you go to work. I love you when you

Income, debt and the practice

January 28, 2006 | 1 comment

A budding Christian Science practitioner asked me for some spiritual insight on how to meet her financial needs when faced with little income. I shared a few ground rules and truths I’ve applied myself, or learned through experience, over the

Spiritual resiliency

January 26, 2006 | No comments yet

I was walking through the snow-laden forest in the Blue Mountains this weekend. Many trees were bent over with heavy mounds of snow heaped on their branches. I felt sorry for the burdened evergreens, until I remembered the freedom that

Helping others has its reward

January 24, 2006 | No comments yet

John Macartney was skiing down Crystal Mountain in Washington State when he saw two legs sticking out of the snow near a tree off to the side of the ski run. He knew that when a skier falls into a