Independence Day

July 4, 2008 | 1 comment

Two Scottish men served in WW I together, a professor and a chaplain. During the fighting they were captured and sent to a prison camp that housed American and British soldiers. The professor was put on the American side, and

You are spiritual

July 2, 2008 | 6 comments

One of the most liberating truths Christian Science teaches is that we are spiritual right now. People are commonly taught that they are mortal, fallible, and inevitably held hostage to sin, disease and death. Human experience confirms this belief with

Does money make you happy?

July 1, 2008 | 2 comments

Now here’s a new angle on what makes us happy that I hadn’t read before. An opinion piece in The Christian Science Monitor titled, “Does money make you happy?” by Arthur Brooks, claims that feeling successful is more closely related

Did you go to Church yesterday?

June 30, 2008 | 4 comments

I’ve had fun in recent months thinking of church as a metaphysical place to occupy rather than a building one walks into. Common usage teaches that church is a building or common sanctuary where people gather and pray together. And

Rejoicing in instant forgiveness

June 28, 2008 | 5 comments

Have you ever made a major blunder that affected a large number of people, and then struggled with guilt about your mistake afterward? Last Sunday, I made a big error while playing organ for my local branch church. While the