Tag: spiritual mindedness

Your protection from swine flu

November 5, 2009 | 2 comments

With the onslaught of publicity and commotion about swine flu fears, aggressive measures being taken in schools and workplaces to prevent contagion, and daily reports of people suffering, reminders to spiritually defend thought from being influenced by prevalent concerns cannot be too frequent.

Your inner and outer experience

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

Prayer defied doctor’s expectations

October 13, 2009 | 5 comments

I made a new friend who visited my church Sunday with family and shared with me an inspiring story of healing. Several months ago, she was being treated by doctors for a serious health problem. An angiogram into her brain caused

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,