Tag: evil

When my wife socked me

November 6, 2013 | 8 comments

It was a shock in the middle of the night. While in bed, my wife jerked a bit, and Wham-o, socked me in the side with a swift right jab. It caught me without warning, woke me up pronto, and

Are you bossed wrongly?

October 25, 2013 | 14 comments

Have you ever noticed an internal voice bossing you around in a negative way? A voice that might command instructions like, “You don’t have enough time; get tense. Be nervous because your boss is upset. Worry about tomorrow. Your throat

Don’t fear hatred

April 2, 2013 | 6 comments

Someone called for help to protect himself from the vicious attack of a co-worker venting cruel hatred at him. The caller was terrified of the evil being slung his way, and was groping for ways to fend it off and spare

Disempower evil

March 25, 2013 | 6 comments

One of the more thought-provoking teachings of Christian Science is that evil is neither person, place, nor thing. It sure doesn’t look like it, at least to the mortal mind. Evil and its forms appear all over the place. Conflict,

Where Sandy Hook must take us

December 17, 2012 | 7 comments

When I first read about the mass slaughter of innocent children at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last Friday, my mind numbed. I could not fathom what the parents of those children would feel and wrestle with