Tag: thought

Do we care enough to stop and help?

September 5, 2007 | 9 comments

This past weekend, I spoke and led several workshops at a camp for youth in the Mid-west. It was a glorious three days capped off by a spectacular fireworks display over a nearby lake. Many minutes passed as we awed

The trouble tree

September 1, 2007 | 1 comment

I couldn’t help but chuckle when reading the below story sent in by a reader today. We all need a tree I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough

McDonald’s advertising and mesmerism

August 8, 2007 | No comments yet

A study just printed confirms the dangerous effect advertising can have on the unguarded thought. Young children were given identical McDonald’s foods in name-brand and unmarked wrappers. They were then asked to identify which food tasted better. The branded foods

Say No to colds

August 6, 2007 | 4 comments

A friend was telling me how he heard a testimony where a teacher, who was a practicing Christian Scientist, was talking with a co-worker in school who was complaining about getting a cold. The teacher immediately told her friend that

Seeking divine justice

July 16, 2007 | 5 comments

An inquirer was quizzing me about how Christian Scientists view the awful atrocities that occur in history over time. For instance, the millions Stalin murdered, or Hitler incinerated, or that civil war ravages in the heart of Africa. I said