This blog is coming to you from an Airbus A320 somewhere between Costa Rica and Quito, Ecuador. And I have to tell you that in our 45-minute stopover in the San José airport in Costa Rica, flying from Mexico City to today’s destination of Quito, I saw neither a resplendent quetzal nor a three-toed sloth, must-sees in Costa Rica. But what I did see in the workshops on the public practice of Christian Science and Christian Science nursing that my friend, Alessandra and I conducted in Guadalajara and Mexico City was even better—a spiritual hunger to understand how to help others through prayer. (more…)

My friend, (Alessandra Colombini of São Paulo, Brazil) and I are just starting one…a two-and-a-half-month tour of ten Latin American countries, Portugal and Angola. We’re giving workshops on the public practice of Christian Science and on Christian Science nursing.

So, from the waiting area of the Havanna airport, having just finished a delightful week in Cuba, let me first make sure everybody understands what we’re talking about. The public practice of Christian Science is shorthand for praying for others by applying Christian Science. In particular it means having such an active practice of such prayer that your name is accepted for publication in The Christian Science Journal (and listed at http://www.spirituality.com/journal/directory.jhtml). (more…)

I’m a Christian Science practitioner and I wanted to know just what Christ was doing in my healing practice. I basically knew the distinction between Jesus and Christ. I’d been learning that Christ is the real man, the real identity of every one of us; our unbreakable relation to God; our oneness with God.

I was discovering that Christ is God’s divine message always present in consciousness. It reverses whatever is wrong in human experience and eventually replaces so-called human life itself with our true Life which is divine. I’d found out that Jesus was the individual, who allowed Christ to complete this transformation, giving a full example for you, me, and everyone. It was not the person of Jesus, but the Christ, that was and is the healer of disease and sin. But I wanted to know more. Since I wanted to know just what Christ was doing in my healing practice, I sat down and asked. I asked God. What I heard, I wrote down. Wow! (more…)

Last summer, I got the opportunity to work in the vast landscape of Alaska.

My uncle had offered two of my cousins and me a job constructing a cabin on a speck of land about two hours north of Anchorage. During my stay, there were many instances where I felt completely protected by God’s unrelenting care. We were able to complete several projects efficiently. Also, the support I felt from my entire extended family reflected the joy and love that radiate from God. (more…)

I have attended Sunday School since I was a small child, and what I’ve learned has helped me a lot in confronting difficulties that come up in my daily life.

About five years ago, when I was helping my aunt make pancakes, I carelessly picked up the pancake iron in the wrong place and burned five fingers. I started to cry, and ran home and told my mom what had happened. My hand was red and stung a lot, so I thought it would be a good idea to plunge it into water. But I didn’t feel the relief I expected. I got very worried because school finals were starting that week.
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A couple of years ago, I decided to become a caddy at a local golf course because I love to play golf, and I thought it would be interesting to see the game from an entirely different perspective. A caddy carries a golfer’s bag of clubs while the golfer is playing. Part of the job is to clean the clubs, tend to the flags, help rake the sand traps, and do other tasks as well. (more…)

After the Indonesian Summit, one half of the Summit team from The Mother Church had to take a red-eye flight to Manila on our way to the Philippines Summit. The night of our flight, we had dinner late, just before heading out to the airport, so we could rest on the 5ish hour flight, and skip the airplane food without going hungry. When the food trolley came by during the flight and the hostess asked if I wanted chicken or fish, as I said “Nothing for me, thank you.” I remember thinking, “If I eat anything at this time, it’ll feel like I have a rock in my tummy in the morning.” Well, we landed in the morning, and as we got off the plane I started to feel like I had a rock in my tummy, even though I hadn’t eaten! This was very inconvenient as I had another eight hour drive to get to Baguio City, where the Summit was to be held. (more…)

I’m doing a Bible Study at church and right now we are reading the book of Acts and part of Luke. And it is so cool reading about the early Church and the early Christians! I love how they were just so full of the “Holy Spirit”—they were on fire.

I’m realizing that they weren’t doing things of themselves. Paul and John go into the temple and heal the lame man, and when the people are tempted to give them credit for it they say, ““Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?” (more…)

Awhile back, the primary online message from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) about the Swine Flu was that people should “Stay informed and learn what you can do to stay healthy.” I scanned their website and plan to follow any public mandates that may come out. But, that’s not the only part of my plan. The most important thing I’m going to do is stay informed about spiritual creation and obey the laws of health that govern it, including everyone. (more…)

I got a FarmVille farm on Facebook because I wanted to help out my father-in-law. I just think it’s cool that he’s 85 years old, playing games on Facebook. But then I got hooked. I like the organization of it. I like grouping the animals , trees, and crops together…and the competitive side of me likes moving up the levels. I’m a Super Shoveler now and well on my way to becoming a Super Grower! (more…)