Change of Focus Needed to Change Body Image
What I’d begun to realize was that when you look through the lens of a camera and see a distorted image, you don’t try to change the image. You simply change your focus.
Spiritual Healing
Blue Christmas
Many people are missing someone, grieving, or feeling left out or left behind, and this time of year heightens those feelings, making them more poignant.
Lessons from a Burned Chin
Go the extra mile with someone, and condescend to be human for a moment with those that find themselves in human predicaments. Sometimes we need to tell the truth about the lie…
My Adult Ministries Talk at the Congregational Church
It was a vibrant, open presentation and discussion. It was very well received, with several very touched by what they can do going forward to experience more healing by having a higher, God-sourced outlook.
As Thyself (poem by Sandra Luerssen Hoerner)
Then I knew I loved my neighbor
even better than before,
for now I loved him as myself
and loved myself much more.
Our Booth at the Health and Wellness Expo
We spent the last weekend manning a Christian Science booth at the Health and Wellness Expo in Stamford, Connecticut. We shared inspirational quotes, sold Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (three times as many as last year), gave away past issues of the Sentinel magazine, and invitations to Christian Science lectures in the area.
No Victimization in Heaven (Deep Think #7)
Choose your stance carefully, for on the human level, it will be a self-fulling prophesy. Decide to be undefiled by anything that is not of God, and not true in the kingdom of heaven right now.
Annual Meeting 2018
Here are my snippets of notes from a weekend in Boston for Annual Meeting, which was full of superb thinking and wonderful people.
Good Thoughts are an Impervious Armor (Deep Think #3)
Let’s focus on good that we authentically are grateful for and that we understand. Try filling your thought with good all the time!
An Alphabet of What God Is and Isn’t
Studying this list helps remind me to claim my own qualities and attributes that are derived directly from God.
Some Links on Eco-Theology for Earth Day
For Earth Day, here are some links to articles on eco-theology in the Christian Science periodicals for your prayerful consideration:
Praying for Strangers (Book Review)
If you are looking for inspiration, or are desiring to jumpstart your practice of prayer, read this book.
Foot Washing Spiritualized
As we follow Jesus’ example of washing our own thought, as well as our outlook on others, we will be cleansed and reborn fresh and new and invincible.
Comparing 2nd Century Christians with 2nd Century Christian Scientists
Meanwhile, these books will get you out of your comfort zone, challenge your preconceptions, and get you asking fresh questions, which can lead to healing oppression and the myriad other problems of the 21st century.
Trade Expectation for Appreciation
It’s like I always tell people, most of your suffering comes from expectation. Right?
EGO Means Edging God Out
Here is the important point: what the ego says is fake news! It is never true– simply an erroneous broadcast.