Conversation about Christian Science on a Discussion Board
What prayer feels like, for me, is… it’s like waking up to a beautiful sunrise in the morning or listening to an inspiring piece of music, or looking at the stars on a clear night – it’s a feeling of...
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“God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less than bestow all good, since He is unchanging wisdom and Love… Prayer cannot change the...
View ArticleTenth Anniversary Special
At this time ten years ago I was busy putting together my first book, Blessings: Adventures of a Madcap Christian Scientist. That little book has brought a whole lot of good into my life in the last...
View ArticleWhere do your beliefs lead you?
Snippet of a dialogue from a discussion forum… Robert says: The requirements for an observation to be considered to be evidence are strict: the phenomenon must be repeatedly observable by anyone who is...
View ArticleMy Almost-Interview with NPR
A staffer at NPR recently asked me if I’d be interested in doing a segment on Christian Science for NPR’s Interfaith Voices. It sounded like a great opportunity and I agreed to do a pre-interview. I...
View ArticleVisit with the Comedic Optometrist
I had a visit with my optometrist today, and, as usual, I left feeling like I’d just participated in a stand-up comedy act. My optometrist and my dentist are two of the funniest folks I know. If I...
View Article“Adrift, Starlight”
Samples from the recently published, Adrift, Starlight, by the ever-amazing poet, Xander Terrell (who just happens to have the same last name as moi – what are the odds, right? :) ): Desire for Fire If...
View Article“…after the fire a still small voice.”
“…I did not feel God as most people see Him. I did feel something larger than myself, something in the mountains and the glaciers and the glowing sky that, in rare moments, reassured me, and made me...
View ArticleNeighborliness
Being neighborly… “Wouldn’t the world be happier, friends, if in our dealings with one another we could always truthfully say that whatever we thought or said or did expressed the nature of God as...
View ArticleWhat prayer feels like…
What prayer feels like, for me, is… it’s like waking up to a beautiful sunrise in the morning or listening to an inspiring piece of music, or looking at the stars on a clear night – it’s a feeling of...
View ArticlePrayer
“God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less than bestow all good, since He is unchanging wisdom and Love… Prayer cannot change the...
View ArticleAnother Kind of Prayer
The giants are waking, rolling from shoulder to shoulder, rising, fists clenched – we see what’s coming, but how do we prepare for it? Stock the pantries, fill the water jugs, build our hidey holes...
View Article“We should remember…”
“We should remember that the world is wide; that there are a thousand million different human wills, opinions, ambitions, tastes, and loves; that each person has a different history, constitution,...
View ArticleTenth Anniversary Special
At this time ten years ago I was busy putting together my first book, Blessings: Adventures of a Madcap Christian Scientist. That little book has brought a whole lot of good into my life in the last...
View ArticleDee Molenaar and God
Dad had originally been named “Deo” – but when he was in his teens he learned “Deo” meant God, and he thought it was a little presumptuous to be named “God” – so he changed his name to Dee. Dad was not...
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