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When I bought this book in 2001, I read the preface describing his “spiritual healing” during medical intervention, and I put the book down. Now, years later, I picked it up and persevered past language about “energy” that was not phrased as I would say it, to embrace the true universal meaning the author was … Read more
I have started working on de-cluttering and streamlining my office which is one of my major goals for this year. Those that know me are skeptical. They are convinced of my inability to accomplish this, due to my lack of success in doing it in the past. My office is truly a disaster. It started … Read more
I am a writer for the Danbury New Times Forum on Faith column. Here is the article that came out today: Cultivating Our Spiritual Gardens to Bear Great Fruit My husband is really good at gardening; our yard right now looks like a paradise! There are vibrant splashes of flowers at every turn, with fruits … Read more
With exception of the one above done while waiting for my kids in their pottery class, the below doodles were done in church. It helps me concentrate and I enjoy them as pithy zingers later. I usually have a blank book with me to capture what inspires me. I recommend it!
A review of this book in the Christian Science Monitor said, “This remarkable book will stir and provoke thought. It offers rewards to any reader concerned with the promise and power of faith, and the hunger for spiritual discovery.” It lived up to this description and much more. Pagels makes clear how choosing the gospel … Read more
Spring: A Sweet Season of Renewal While Mary Baker Eddy is best known as the founder of Christian Science, and author of the bestselling book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which presides along side the Bible as the pastor of the Christian Science Church, she was much more. She healed people the … Read more
We went to see Jesus Christ Superstar today. I have loved the soundtrack for decades but never have seen it. I have always wanted to. I have a personal tradition of blaring the song “Hosanna” every Palm Sunday. So when I saw that we could see the actual musical, on Palm Sunday of all things, … Read more
I have mostly been hand-building in pottery lately (see picture above of my pumpkin leaf), and it has been over a year since I have thrown on the wheel (with my most recent effort the vase seen below.) Anyway, since it has been so long, it was like starting all over again, and my teacher … Read more
This sounds like heresy and sacrilege in our society. But it is a foundational Christian concept that if correctly adopted would go a long way to solving all the ills that confront us, not only individually, but societally as well. I always thought Jesus sounded harsh asking people to follow him when he wouldn’t let … Read more
I’ve been reading the Message translation of the Bible. Here are some tidbits from Psalms 1- 25…
According to a Gallup Poll, 40% of Americans claim that at one time or another they had a physical healing through prayer.
My friend Fred emailed me the following quote from Steven Jobs, chairman of Apple Computer, who two days ago took a leave of absence for health reasons:
Virtue comes from spontaneously responding to the Creator and not from obedience to someone else’s limited ideas. William Blake says…
Jesus says whoever teaches and obeys the commandments shall be called the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. The Ten Commandments are the ultimate…