Tag: expectation

What do you expect out of life?

July 16, 2012 | 6 comments

It’s a critical question to answer, “What do you expect out of life?” because most people spend the bulk of their time living out those expectations. When I was a farmer, I expected to grow robust crops that produced prodigious

Enthusiasm for spreading Christian Science

February 29, 2012 | 6 comments

I haven’t been greeted in a long time by so much enthusiasm to spread news about Christian Science as I did last week at my first two lectures given for the Wynnum Christian Science Society, on the outskirts of Brisbane,

Jury duty

August 27, 2010 | 3 comments

I was called in for jury duty last Monday. I sat in a large room with 70 other potential jurors patiently waiting for instructions. Two trials were about to commence and most people around me appeared to be hoping they

Interpreting people’s reactions

May 5, 2010 | 1 comment

While lecturing, I’m still learning the lesson to never judge a person’s thoughts by their facial expressions while they listen to me speak. I had two women in an audience recently, that absolutely looked like they wanted to be anywhere

It would have happened anyway

September 28, 2009 | 6 comments

One time I had a caller wondering if her prayer had done any good in bringing about a physical healing she experienced. Because it took a while for the healing to occur, she pondered, “I wonder if the healing would