Forgive yourself

April 23, 2012 | 8 comments

At a recent tennis tournament, I lost a match I had my heart set on winning. It was the oddest experience for me, because typically I take match losses very well. But not this one! I internally fussed and fumed about what

Is violence history?

April 20, 2012 | 1 comment

Have you heard?  Violence is on the decline! Yep, that’s right, according to Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard. He argues that the world is a much safer place to live than in the past. He documents in

An active practice

April 19, 2012 | 5 comments

Some potential full-time practitioners of Christian Science have feared going into the practice because no patients or few patients were calling them for treatment. In error, they let mortal mind calculate their financial prospects accordingly, and conclude that they cannot

Refresh the heart first

April 18, 2012 | 1 comment

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher   than the heart can inspire.   ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson   This rule applies to all activities of life, whether painting, drawing, singing, or raising children, coaching employees, working at

Look for the good in others

April 17, 2012 | No comments yet

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.   ~ Mother Teresa   Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.   ~ Jesus Christ       Are you looking at your neighbor through