Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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Participants from around the country met in Boston in November to attend the 2003 annual Spirituality & Healing in Medicine conference. Sponsored by Harvard Medical School, the Mind/Body Medical Institute, The George Washington University, and The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, this year's event gave attendees the opportunity to hear and talk about the importance of forgiveness.
THE BOOK OF JONAH is one of my Biblical favorites—and not just because it's short. Rather, it shows me the variety of inspiration that can come from four brief chapters.
Last year my sister, Callie, and I got a sled from our grandmother for a Christmas present. The sled was an inflatable yellow and blue one that could hold two passengers.
AGE IS SOMETIMES VIEWED as a practical way of classifying human beings and assigning them to various groups: babies, children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Although these divisions may show the advantages and possibilities of each age group, they also emphasize differences, separations, and limitations.
The ADVERTISEMENT on a local real estate marquee caught my eye: "Lake-front home, gentle to the water. " I wasn't in the market for a new home, but that sweet phrase, "gentle to the water," which referred to a gentle slope from house to lake, rather than a sudden drop-off, spoke to me.
My SON WAS a happy ten-year-old boy. But at one point I began to notice that his mood was changing.
I found out about Christian Science when I was in university. I earned an undergraduate degree in music and education, and then studied French language and culture in Quebec City.
I DON'T KNOW that anything can prepare anybody for the shock that comes with the sudden passing of a loved one. When we were notified that our youngest son had been killed in a hit-and-run accident, the shock was stunning.
After graduate school I hit a wall. It was like I was trapped in a dense fog.
Reading Rooms play a central role in meeting the demand for Science and Health. "People who come to the Reading Room are on a search," says Christina Welton, a Reading Room librarian in Los Angeles, California.