Tag: riches

Happiness with fewer things

December 6, 2008 | 2 comments

Great article in The Christian Science Monitor, Wednesday, December 3, titled “Want less, spend less—wealth is relative to desire.” In these times of tight budgets and shrinking income for many, people struggle to maintain their consumption status quo, and it

Loss is gain

September 29, 2008 | 4 comments

More than once I’ve had a conversation with people who were concerned about what constitutes success and failure in life. One woman I talked wtih had a yearning to spend more time in the practice of healing others through Christian

The illusion of debt

September 13, 2008 | 14 comments

While studying the story of the widow woman and her pot of oil in the Christian Science Bible lesson this week, a new insight into the unreality of debt grabbed my attention. In the story, a woman’s husband dies leaving

Be content with what you have

August 22, 2008 | 4 comments

One of our early stops was at the Gruyere castle and neighboring town. Have you ever heard of Gruyere cheese? The Gruyere family ruled over a beautiful lush valley and surrounding area for 500 years, building a family fortune, castle,

The universe is huge

August 3, 2008 | 1 comment

Can the human mind fathom how big the universe is? In an article titled, “Is there alien life?” published in the Washington Post National weekly, July 28, Edward Weiler, an astrobiologist, is quoted as saying, “We now know the number