Archive for March, 2011
Michelle: Christian healing > No miracle > Natural
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Many years ago, I taught Michelle in Sunday School. A few years later, when she was a teenager, she went to a party and drank until she was drunk. Friends took her to a house and left her alone for several hours. When they returned at 3:30 in the morning, they found her unconscious and not breathing. When firemen were unable to revive her, she was immediately taken to a hospital. At the hospital she was found to have alcohol poisoning and wasn’t expected to live.
When Jill, Michelle’s mom, arrived at the hospital, Michelle was comatose and on a number of life support machines. A doctor told Jill that Michelle had an alcohol content of .5 in her system. ”At .1 you’re drunk,” he said, “.4 is usually fatal.” He also said he did not think they could save her. He stated that even if she did survive, she would suffer brain damage because of being deprived of oxygen for so long. He also stated that damage to her lungs was irreparable.
After hearing these dire predictions, Jill began to pray and called me to help with prayer. Read More→
I Wish the Giants Well This Season… Really
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Eric Nelson
Guest Post: Eric Nelson and I share a love of Baseball and spiritual, prayer-based healing. Eric’s post today includes both. Therefore, it is a must read in my book. Enjoy!
Read all of Eric’s post here.
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Even though I live in the Bay Area, home of the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants, I’m still a dyed-in-the-wool Padres fan. Always have been. Always will be.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t wish them well this season. Really.
I was there last year when the Giants clinched the division – on the last day of the season, no less – so I know just how exciting it can be to be to witness a truly remarkable team succeed. I love to see others do well. Read More→
Does spirituality affect our health?
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Ken Girard
Guest Post: Ken Girard, friend and fine spiritual thinker from the Boston area, hits on a topic I’ve been thinking a lot about. I believe you’ll find Does spirituality affect our health? quite thought provoking. Enjoy.
Find all of Ken’s posts here.
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Recently, I’ve been looking at some studies that have been done in the last decade on the effects of spirituality on individuals’ health and well-being.
Conducted by noted medical organizations such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, University of Maryland Medical Center, and the Journal of Athletic Training, the research indicates a growing recognition of the link between spirituality and healthier outcomes for patients. These reports also suggest that spiritually-minded individuals tend to live healthier lives – including a greater sense of well-being.
An increasing number of medical schools, as well, are including the topic of spirituality in their course curricula.
This points to an important trend. Read More→
Her boyfriend asked…
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Crossing Bridges (Moving thought with a touch of Spirit)
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Our daughter and her boyfriend, David, are celebrating their one-year anniversary this evening.
David was raised in the Mormon faith, and he says there are times that a negative and inaccurate stigma (such as polygamy) can envelope a belief system. As a PhD student in History, he believes in looking for answers to his questions on religion or any other topic by going to trustworthy and verifiable sources — and not hearsay or even news reports — to provide him with accurate and unbiased information.
David has questions about Christian Science and since I practice this faith, I offered to post my answers which may help others too. David’s questions were: “What are Christian Scientist’s views of the medical profession? As well, what were Mary Baker Eddy’s views? Is there an official church policy regarding health care? For those Christian Scientists that believe solely in the healing power of God through prayer, is there a time and place for hospitals and licensed medical doctors?” Read More→
Contest: The Happiest Man in Texas
Posted by: | CommentsHmmmm. Are we Texans plum out of luck?
Amina Khan, in her March 8th Los Angeles Times post, Happiest man in America found in Hawaii, states:
Happiness is often seen as something that can’t be quantified. But is there a formula for happy people, and a specific person who fits the profile?
Turns out there is. Gallup, which released its list of happiest (and least happy) states in America Sunday, had been asked by the New York Times to identify a hypothetical happiest person in the United States. After some statistical magic, Gallup sent back this answer, according to the newspaper: ”He’s a tall, Asian American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, lives in Hawaii, runs his own business and has a household income of more than $120,000 a year.”
However, it seems to me that we Texans are basically pretty happy dudes and dudettes. Therefore, I propose we start a contest. The intent of the contest is to discover the happiest man in Texas. Read More→
Health effects from spirituality
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I’ve come to expect it. “It” being healthy effects from prayer/spirituality.
I’ve been in the healing ministry as a Christian Science practitioner since 1983. Therefore, its exciting to see studies corroborating what praying-people have been discovering since Biblical times: Prayer can make you feel better, emotionally and physically.
Take for example: Spiritual expression and immune status in women with metastatic breast cancer: an exploratory study.
This exploratory study examined relationships between spirituality and immune function in 112 women …Upon examination of relationships with lymphocyte subsets, both helper and cytotoxic T-cell counts were greater among women reporting greater spirituality.
Apparently, spirituality helped boost the healthy cellular activity of these women.
Spirituality is vitally important to well-being. In fact, I’ve found that the more we understand our actual spiritual nature, the more our bodies become subordinate to our spiritual understanding. Read More→
Free of illness without medication
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Martha Sarvis
Guest Post: Today, we have another post by Martha Sarvis. She is a full time mom and part time Christian Science practitioner in Boerne, Texas. Enjoy. –
Scanning the news or advertising media, you might think that being free from illness is impossible or at least unlikely. But my experience has shown me that being free from illness is the norm for me and it’s possible without the use of medication.
You might ask, how is this achievable? My answer may surprise you…daily prayer. Daily prayer, affirming my being as spiritual, is vital to maintaining health. It starts with acknowledging good as all-powerful and always present. It’s not hoping or just blind faith. It is an ever increasing understanding of mankind created as pure and perfect. Mentally holding to my place in spiritual creation has health giving and health maintaining results. Read More→
Why do placebos work?
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Sharon Frey
Guest Post: Sharon Frey, a friend and colleague in Boston, asks some interesting questions in her post Why do placebos work?
Read other posts by Sharon here.
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Some scientists are digging into a fascinating question – why do sugar pills have an effect?
In a blog network that highlights diverse perspectives on science and medicine, Steve Silberman wrote an interesting piece called Meet the Ethical Placebo: A Story that Heals. He discusses a study showing that some patients who take sugar pills, even when they are told they are taking sugar pills, get better. Read More→
It’s time for bullying to stop!
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National attention is finally being given to bullying with the President acknowledging that it should not be a natural part of a child’s experience. It was stated that one-third of all children experience bullying on some level.
Did you see the video of the young teen boy being bullied that made national news a few weeks ago? As I watched it I couldn’t help but query, “When is this going to stop?” Not only stop children from being bullied, but also stop the instinct that makes some inclined to do the bullying. Read More→
Energy, Tsunami, and Prayer
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Today demands action.
“An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. …At the Earth’s surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami.” (Wikipedia)
Immediate action is needed from nations and their people to help Japan care for all affected by this morning’s earthquake and resulting tsunami. Behind theses actions, I know, will be the strength of prayer. Read More→
