Archive for May, 2011
The Simple Prayer That Transforms
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“What would you do if someone wanted you to pray for them?” I asked my Sunday School class of first graders.
A visitor to the class, a young girl, spoke up and confidently said, “I would tell them that they were safe in God’s pocket.”
Wow.
So simple. So sure.
A few hours later, my phone rang. A man asked me to pray for him. He was suffering physically. To my surprise, the first words out of my mouth were, “You are safe in God’s pocket.”
He began to cry and then hung up, without giving his name.
A week later, he called back to report he’d been healed of the physical problem he had called about — the instant he hung up the phone. He also stated that for the next few days, every time he tried to smoke cigarettes, they tasted terrible. Not only had he been healed of the physical trouble, he’d stopped a long time habit of smoking, as well. Read More→
Cycling and Doping – Say it ain’t so, Tyler!
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Guest Post: Ken Girard is passionate about cycling and spirituality. Put the two together and you get: Say it ain’t so, Tyler. Say it ain’t so! Read all of Ken’s posts here.
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Another elite athlete has admitted to using banned performance enhancement products to achieve the highest level in his sport and the accolades of fans – not to mention the financial rewards he enjoyed. Read More→
“Since Christian Science is weird –”
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to discuss Christian Science with a newspaper editor. After hearing about the religious organization and the system of spiritual health care, she said, “Since Christian Science is weird, it –.” The editor stopped mid-sentence, looked at me, and said, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to call Christian Science weird. I’m so sorry.” Read More→
Spirituality and Health: Inseparable
Posted by: | CommentsLast week, when our meeting first began, I had the feeling I was in the presence of a new friend. I was right.
Who was I meeting with? Dr. John K. Graham, President and C.E.O. of the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center for Texas in Houston.
John K. Graham, M.D., D.Min
Dr. Graham is both a physician and a priest. The Institute’s website states that he received his M.D. Degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans and is board-certified in two medical specialties – otolaryngology and plastic and reconstructive surgery.
The website also states that in 1990, Dr. Graham left the practice of medicine and responded to God’s call to the priesthood. He attended Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA and received his Master of Divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. In 2001 he received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. For twelve years (1998-2010) he served as Sr. Associate Rector at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston.
As soon as we sat down in his office, Dr. Graham explained the mission of the Institute. He said, “Its purpose is to educate healthcare professionals about the role of spirituality in healthcare.” Read More→
Mental health and teens
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Ken Girard
Guest Post: Ken Girard, our friend in Boston, shares with us his thoughts about yet another study connecting thought with health. You can read all Ken’s posts here.
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What would we do without the Internet? It’s a source of readily available information that has never before existed in the history of mankind. Really remarkable!
For example, today I saw a tweet from one of my colleagues about a blog by Jenni Sunde posted on Disruptive Women in Health Care titled “Teens with a happy mind are more likely to have a healthy body.” Read More→
A Rabbi talks about Christian Science & his father’s healing of cancer
Posted by: | CommentsA Rabbi talks about Christian Science
I thought you might enjoy reading this discussion between Rabbi David Louis, of Kiryat Gat, Israel, and Mary Trammell, Editor in Chief of The Christian Science Publishing Society. Clink on the link to read the the entire discussion at ChristianScience.com: A Rabbi talks about Christian Science
…I studied in the rabbinical seminary in New York, and then came to Israel, got married, and was ordained as a rabbi in the field of the Kabbalah Jewish metaphysics…
…All of his doctors and all of the people that knew him came over to the house, and everybody was astounded. What I actually witnessed here was a true resurrection. This changed my life. I decided that Christian Science is truth and that I intend to find out what it is, study this, devote my life to this… Read More→
Prayer is …
Posted by: | CommentsSince today, May 5, is a National Day of Prayer, I thought you’d enjoy this repost. –
- Prayer is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God.
- Prayer is a spiritual understanding of Him.
- Prayer is an unselfed love.
- Prayer is desire.
- Prayer is the fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.
- Prayer is the longing to be better and holier.
- Prayer is a deep and conscientious protest of Truth — of man’s likeness to God and man’s unity with Truth and Love.
- Prayer is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.
- Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us.
- Prayer shows us more clearly than we saw before, what we already have and are, and what God is.
Bin Laden: What do I think? How do I pray?
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“Bin Laden is dead.”
How am I to think about a person who allows himself to be so confused and so filled with hate that he masterminds terroristic activities?
Now that this man has been killed, what do I think? How do I pray?
Do I understand the need for a man to be stopped from harming others? While this is taking place, do I understand the need to continue to pray to see more of everyone’s spiritual nature?
Am I comprehending how the actions and wisdom of good men are directed by the intelligence and goodness of God, even as they put an end to a man’s evil deeds?
Does my love for God govern how I view even the most hated?
Do I yearn to make a man pay? Or do I yearn to pray that God’s goodness be recognized as supreme on earth? Read More→
