Did you catch the PBS series on Prohibition this week? As the “King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers,” Seattle’s legendary Roy Olmstead made an appearance in the second episode of the three-part series. I’m writing to add more to his story after he was arrested and convicted of bootlegging. When Olmstead was sent to prison […]
Martin Luther King & Mary Baker Eddy
Although the holiday was yesterday, I hope you’ll appreciate the following guest post from my friend and colleague, Eric Nelson in Northern California. As I was thinking about today’s celebration of Martin Luther King, it occurred to me that he and Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, had something pretty significant in common – […]
100 years later, still touching lives
Writing from the big state of Texas, friend and colleague Keith Wommack shares his thoughts on the discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. In 1907, a New York newspaperman was sent, with other reporters, to dig up sensational stories about a woman in Concord, New Hampshire. It was said that they were a belligerent […]
Mary Baker Eddy – 100 years
Tomorrow, December 3, 2010, marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of the discoverer of Christian Science and the founder of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mary Baker Eddy. Friend and colleague Steve Salt has authored the following post regarding the occasion. Steve is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, as well as the Christian Science […]