December 28, 2009 | 8 comments
I read an eye-catching article titled, “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” in The Atlantic. Hanna Rosin, the author, argues that the prosperity gospel preached to tens of millions of Christians, promoted excess financial risk-taking that contributed to the housing bubble
December 18, 2009 | 4 comments
LITTLE PICCOLA Celia Thaxter In the sunny land of France there lived many years ago a sweet little maid named Piccola. Her father had died when she was a baby, and her mother was very poor and had to work
November 22, 2009 | 8 comments
I’m going to worship in the church of Spirit today. Oh, what a delightful place to be! The church of Spirit is not a place on this earth, a building of stone, or a portal on the Internet. The church
November 12, 2009 | 7 comments
Yesterday we began a discussion about looking at food from a spiritual point of view. Not looking at material food and trying to spiritualize it somehow. No-no… But we talked about spiritual food, the word of God, which nourishes us
October 26, 2009 | 3 comments
The following passage written by Mary Baker Eddy has always intrigued me when contemplating the relationship between my spiritual individuality as a child of God and my outward everyday human experience. She wrote, “…the human self must be evangelized. This