With the Easter season upon us, as a Christian Scientist I have been giving extra thought to why I love Jesus. And with that in mind, I’d like to share here, for my readers, this thoughtful piece by a colleague of mine – Tim Mitchinson from Naperville, Illinois – who expressed it so well, sharing how
Here’s a thoughtful piece from Health writer and colleague Eric Nelson of Petaluma, California, writing about what he’s thankful FOR and what he’s thankful TO. Thanksgiving: An attitude of gratitude that inspires health It was a moment that literally stopped me in my tracks. As I was walking through San Diego’s Balboa Park — the Spreckels
Karla Hackney, writing in Hillsboro Patch in Oregon, probes how treks in green spaces can be more deeply healing. The author really caught my attention when she referred to a friend’s pilgrimage in Spain on the Camino de Santiago trail. Recently, I enjoyed watching a movie entitled, “The Way“, in which the main character, played by Martin Sheen, hikes this
“On the night before his assassination, Martin Luther King said in a speech in Memphis, “We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop…” Self-syndicated health columnist Tim Mitchinson in Illinois, writing on Fit for Life, applies this idea of a mountaintop view to taking a
A new class of graduates is heading into summer and then very likely college or career. Here are two articles with some helpful ideas applying spiritual perspectives to this exciting time in their lives. Do our graduates know how to love? By Eric Nelson on Communities Digital News Excerpts: “In an era in which so
You don’t put sugar in the gas tank of your car, right? And if your car takes “Regular”, you don’t put in ‘Diesel’. As society becomes more aware that thought affects the body, it becomes clear that it is important for our health that we watch our mental intake. Consider the following: a 2014 study
Expectancy, when it connects to the power of God, can do more than sustain us emotionally; it can help heal us physically. Read more about how expectancy benefits health in my first post on a relatively new social media platform called IdeaPod: Expectation for Good Health. To read the full-length version of this article published in
“As we decide what to give to others for Christmas this year, why not consider the gift of forgiveness?” This from friend and colleague Tim Mitchinson writing in the Peoria Journal-Star in Illinois about the benefits – including to health – of forgiveness. He quotes Christian healer Mary Baker Eddy, who met wrongs with kindness
Hieroglyphs, those pictorial characters that the Egyptians used for language, were the way Mary Baker Eddy, 19th century pioneer in spirituality and health, described flowers. She said, “The floral apostles are hieroglyphs of Deity.” What an interesting connection. Flowers communicate – or picture – to us something about Deity. In their beauty, color and symmetry
Writing in the Huffington Post ‘Healthy Living’ Blog, Sharon Frey McElroy examines how abuse victim Ben Bosinger learned to let go of years of resentment toward his father. And she shares how she was able to forgive a couple of fellows at a cafe that upset her by talking about women in a derogatory way. McElroy then shares