Tag: spiritual mindedness

What about Christian Science and doctors?

September 4, 2009 | 13 comments

Christian Scientists are characterized in many different ways in the public mind, some positive, and some very negative. One of the more pernicious, and unhelpful characterizations, is a common assertion that “Christian Scientists are those people who don’t go to

The Christian Science approach to healing

August 25, 2009 | 8 comments

If a problem does not yield quickly to prayer, sometimes students of Christian Science struggle between total reliance on God for healing and seeking a medical option. The textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,

Look up and out

July 9, 2009 | 4 comments

My daughter loves to ride horses, so yesterday we found a corral and hired a guide to take the family on a trail ride around the Lake Louise area. I have almost no experience riding horses, so I was quite

Do doctors know everything?

June 25, 2009 | 5 comments

While flipping through a newspaper this week, I glanced through an ad for losing weight written by a clinic of doctors who specialized in treating obesity. Half-way through the text I stopped reading, a bit dazed by one of their

No time for complaint

June 4, 2009 | 5 comments

The economic hardships many people face today are a call on all of us to be grateful more than ever for every good thing we can find in our life. As a practitioner, I pray for supply with people who