Tag: understanding

What results do you pray for?

June 22, 2010 | 4 comments

What kind of results do you seek when turning to God for help? Do you seek spiritual gain or material indulgence? Mary Baker Eddy asked this probing question. “Do we pray to make ourselves better or to benefit those who

A balance of head and heart

March 24, 2010 | 5 comments

The greatest distance in the world is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts. ~ Agnes Baker Pilgrim   I chuckled when I read this quote because it reminds me of times when people take a stand of

The most important understanding to gain

February 17, 2010 | 1 comment

What is the most important knowledge you could ever have? If you’re like me, you have certain jobs, skills, talents you like to hone and improve. I love to play piano and tennis, and go up to the mountains with

Putting a medical view into proper context

February 11, 2010 | 8 comments

It came pointedly to my attention this week how a medical view can sometimes not see spiritual healing happening right under its nose. I was reviewing a major healing that happened in my practice years ago. It involved a pregnant

Science and Health is easy to understand

January 7, 2010 | 9 comments

Occasionally, I’ve heard someone tell me that the book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, is difficult to understand. I’ve puzzled over the years how to respond to this type of observation because when