Is democracy just for nations, or also for work locations? Are our work environments fear-based or freedom-centred? How come a 21st century woman with a passion for workplace democracy finds inspiration in the life and ideas of a spiritual leader from the nineteenth century? Could the local setup of a global church be seen as a [...]
What happens around the middle years of a normal, healthy life? In The Connection this week, Assistant District Manager Melvyn Howe has blogged on his experience which shows a midlife crisis is by no means a foregone conclusion. The midlife years can be stepping stones to renewal. He also points to scientific research suggesting his [...]
This blog is by Washington State, USA, colleague Bill Scott. It was first published as Book Review: “The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine” – Part 1 on Blogcritics. Do our thoughts impact our health? Dr. Anne Harrington, chair of the history of science department at Harvard University, has been researching this question for many years. Convinced [...]
The first blog in our “100 years on, and still going strong” series commemorating the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science 100 years after her passing was the 100th blog on this site, and having closed that series with the 200th blog mark we want to celebrate today’s anniversary of her birth with a question… [...]
“God has not given us vast learning to solve all the problems, or unfailing wisdom to direct all the wanderings of our brothers’ lives; but He has given to every one of us the power to be spiritual, and by our spirituality to lift and enlarge and enlighten the lives we touch.” - Phillips Brooks “The [...]
Next in our “100 years on, and still going strong” series, celebrating the continued resonance of Mary Baker Eddy’s life and ideas 100 years after her passing… Today we are featuring, with permission, a March 2011 article that appeared on the website of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity, entitled: Science and Health owned by Susan [...]
Earlier this week, my colleague Eric Nelson turned up an amusing article by a writer called Steven Saum in the Perspective section of the KQED radio site. Apparently Mr Saum received the following recommendation from Amazon: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased or rated ‘Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy’s [...]
Next in our “100 years on, and still going strong” series, celebrating the continued resonance of Mary Baker Eddy’s life and ideas 100 years after her passing… What do Bertrand Russell, Pythagoras, Einstein and Mary Baker Eddy have in common? Well, firstly, they are all mentioned together in a quote which recently appeared in a Village Voice movie review by J. Hoberman, [...]
Next in our “100 years on, and still going strong” series, celebrating the continued resonance of Mary Baker Eddy’s life and ideas 100 years after her passing. Benjamin Franklin once said ”If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” Mary Baker Eddy – transcending [...]
Next in our “100 years on, and still going strong” series, celebrating the continued resonance of Mary Baker Eddy’s life and ideas 100 years after her passing. A local US newspaper called the Post and Courier recently ran an item entitled Unsung Women – Mary Baker Eddy. On the lighter side, I confess that it is true…I [...]
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