Archive for Prayer that heals
31 Orange Jumpsuits – new beginnings
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It was 3:30 in the afternoon. A squirrel rested, unaware he was about to be an afternoon snack for an approaching owl. So, I started my rent car, which startled the squirrel, and he dashed to safety.
My actions saved one, yet, irritated another. Then I wondered about the actions that had landed the young people, I was about to meet, into trouble. What had caused them to act or react?
I was sitting in my rental in the parking lot of a baseball field near the Barbara Culver Juvenile Detention Center in Midland, Texas. I had arrived early and decided to take thirty minutes to collect my thoughts, a little spiritual reasoning. Read More→
Praying away the cookies
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My most recent piece has been posted at CNN-Belief. Please check it out!
(CNN) – With Christmas cookies, fruitcake and eggnog tempting us at every corner, it is hard not to gain weight during the holiday season. Yet it is not just holiday foods that are enticing.
Oversized and disproportionate – that about sums it up when the average American is 20 pounds overweight. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said, “Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that are getting worse in this country, and they are getting worse rapidly.”
Personally, I have been fortunate never to have had much of a problem with my weight. I was an active, slender, Texas kid. Our family didn’t have a television until Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, so my brothers and I spent countless hours playing outside. I always ran like a jack rabbit, especially after jumping the fence at our neighborhood riding stable. … read more
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Related post: Health Benefits of Mistletoe?
Health Benefits of Mistletoe?
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The National Institutes of Health reports that 40 percent of Americans are actively seeking alternative approaches to health. Since this is the time of year that mistletoe begins popping up, I decided to look into any possible health benefits to this potential alternative.
After some investigating, I found that there is no measurable evidence to support claims of a healing effect or improved quality of life from the use of mistletoe extract. So, forget the mistletoe, perhaps, kissing is the key to better health.
It’s been reported that those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t. Frequent kissing has scientifically been shown to stabilize cardiovascular activity, as well as decrease blood pressure and cholesterol. Is this why kissing under the mistletoe has been going on for decades? Read More→
Spirituality -> better mental health
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Kirsten Dunst (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)
While promoting her role in the new Lars von Trier film, Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst recently revealed that she has experienced depression. In the film, Dunst plays the role of a woman named Justine who suffers severe mental illness.
Dunst’s admission is yet another celebrity disclosure. Carrie Fisher, Angelina Jolie, and Christina Ricci have all shared similar stories. Yet, there is hope for these women and for everyone.
Weeks ago, while in Durham, North Carolina, I attended a news briefing where the Wave III Baylor Religion Survey was unveiled. The survey confirmed what I have been discovering: Improved mental health is found through greater spiritual awareness. Read More→
Gratitude 101
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Here are three truths I’ve found about gratitude:
– Gratitude brings the magnitude of God’s majesty and order into our lives. We live to express God.
– Circumstances and opportunities do not create gratitude. Gratitude creates circumstances and opportunities.
– Gratitude and pain are incompatible. Read More→
Quality of Life: Improved or Worsened by Health Care?
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I respect the great heart, the motive, of every physician and healer. For, I believe, they yearn to improve their patients’ quality of life and care. Yet, is this what’s taking place? Perhaps not — because when it comes to health care, we are learning more is not always better. Sometimes more means that quality of life suffers.
For example, many American primary care physicians believe that their own patients are receiving too much medical care. This was the take-away from a survey of primary-care doctors conducted in 2009. Read More→
Health: Get over and get some
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Sometimes I feel my health is actually under siege, rather than being helped, by all the drug ads that bombard us on television. Should health care cause that kind of negative reaction, or can it be simpler?
Wouldn’t it be great if health were served next to the desserts at your neighborhood all-you-can-eat buffet chain? Not feeling well? Just jump in line, dish yourself a double dose, and – voilà – all better.
If only it was that simple. Well, believe it or not, there are those who are discovering it might be possible. However, instead of making your way to the buffet, all you really need to take is a trip to the closet. Read More→
Breaking past “I can’t”
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It isn’t just the world-class competition, or the crowning of champions, that makes me excited to watch events like the recent US Gymnastics Championships in St. Paul. It’s seeing barriers get broken—shattering common expectations—that brings me to my feet.
But you don’t have to witness a standing back full twist on the balance beam to feel that same breakthrough excitement and come out a winner.
Have you ever tried to learn a foreign language and then hit a barrier? Couldn’t take it to the next level? Maybe it was the guitar or piano you were practicing, and then found yourself stuck. That happened to me. Read More→
“Pay for prayer?” & lots of steps
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Yes, there are a lot of steps from one Congressman’s office to another around Capital Hill in DC. Recently, I believe, I touched them all and wore off plenty of shoe-leather. There’s also, I’m finding, a lot of steps required in correcting misconceptions regarding spiritual care as practiced in Christian Science.
While in Senator Inouye’s office, I was asked, “Pay for prayer?” Read More→
The Principle of Health
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There are those who scoff at the idea of turning to God to heal physical ills. I don’t.
I’ve found that prayer can be a practice of acknowledging and applying divine laws or truths to whatever is out of order, rather than what some perceive as the sending out of petitions to a fairy-tale God. The prayer I utilize is Principle based.
Wrong notes that came from the trumpet section of my high school band, as well as, mathematical mistakes made in my checkbook have both taught me the need for applying principles. When the principles of music and math are employed, harmony and balance are achieved.
Also, I’ve found that when it comes to health, there is a divine Principle that is applicable. Read More→
