If you’re one of the millions who suffer from chronic pain, you may have noticed the attention currently focused on a powerful new narcotic called Zohydro. With so much focus on ending our nation’s pain killer epidemic, the timing of the FDA’s recent approval of this new drug has many perplexed. It was just six […]
Response to writer Stephen Prothero
On April 2nd, I posted “Letter to writer Stephen Prothero” regarding a March 25 article he wrote for The Wall Street Journal. Below is his recent response, followed by my reply: Prothero: “I am never opposed to correcting myself when I am wrong, but I wrote nothing incorrect here. To begin, I did not write, […]
Talking about Christian Science with Pastor Betsey Moe and members of the Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church
Note: Most of my talk at Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church was taped and is now available on their church website. The first few minutes provide a sense of the joy and friendly atmosphere. Last Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending the 9 a.m. worship service at Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church in Spokane, WA. I […]
Response to another reader’s questions about Christian Science
When I began blogging last September, I asked a few people what they knew of Christian Science and if they’d like to subscribe to a blog designed to explain it. The following unscripted video is of one of these individuals: Thanks Brooke! Below are my brief answers to your questions: Why are we here? Of course, […]
Spokane’s ‘The Spokesman-Review’ prints article on Christian Science
The Spokesman-Review is the leading news and information provider in the inland Northwest. Readers of the weekly Faith & Values column have enjoyed the insightful comments of columnists, Paul Graves, Steve Massey and Don Clegg, for many years. So I’m grateful to have recently had the opportunity to add my thoughts to the column in […]
Christian Science healed one of America’s great artists, Howard Chandler Christy, of near blindness
The famous painting, “Scene at the Signing of the Constitution,” is a huge 18′ x 26′ oil portrait by one of our nation’s greatest artists, Howard Chandler Christy. It was completed in 1940 and hangs today in the east stairway of the House wing of the Capitol building. Congressmen and congresswomen have been walking by […]
Washington State University places ‘Science & Health’ front and center
In the official fall 2010 newsletter to parents and families of WSU students is a list of recommended books for parents. I can’t pass up noting that “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” by Mary Baker Eddy, is featured front and center in the newsletter photo. Just three weeks ago, the BBC’s nightly […]