Kidnapped For Christ Official Trailer the NYTimes piece The Kids Aren’t All Right, and Neither Is the School ‘Kidnapped for Christ’ Investigates a Boarding School via Awkward Moments Children's Bible CHILD COERCION IN PROGRESS via Stop Religious Child Abuse https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=754250287950673
the Biography of a Virginal Mind / Forward: pages vii – x
This is the second of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind In the forward, on page vii, Dakin begins by acknowledging that "Popular conceptions of Mrs. Eddy have shown an … Continue reading the Biography of a Virginal Mind / Forward: pages vii – x
Kung fu fighting, Dancing queen Tribal spaceman and all that’s in between
From elementary school through college one of my closest friends was a boy named William (1). We met through our local Christian Science Church -- we both regularly attended Sunday School, and, for a time our younger sisters were Best Friends. One summer while William was visiting extended family, he had a nasty bicycle accident -- … Continue reading Kung fu fighting, Dancing queen Tribal spaceman and all that’s in between
Christian Science is going to Burning Man
More information: http://spiritualplaya.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spiritual-Playa-Christian-Science-Camp-at-Burning-Man/147395332107200 http://time4thinkers.com/t4t-events/sharing-the-power-of-love/ http://sharethepractice.org/blog/2013/02/05/share-the-practice-is-happy-to-support-the-2013-christian-science-at-burning-man-project/
Mary & Gilbert Were Sweethearts
The following is a short story by Joseph Woodbury III, initially left as a comment on the biography of a Virginal Mind, shared again here with the embedded hyperlinks that failed to show up in the original comment. June 4, 1882: Gilbert lay dying on his bed. His wife Mary sat by the bedside looking … Continue reading Mary & Gilbert Were Sweethearts
the Biography of a Virginal Mind
This is the first of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind, by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories, but lives. -- Plutarch I've started … Continue reading the Biography of a Virginal Mind
renew a focus on our primary resources for spiritual growth – shut down the questioning
It seems the "Circle of faith" community at christianscience.com is closing down. While I never spent much time there, I did enjoy the idea that The Mother Church would permit "open idalogue among Christian Scientists, their fellow Christians, and people of other faith traditions." The reason given? we feel this is an opportunity to pause … Continue reading renew a focus on our primary resources for spiritual growth – shut down the questioning
Hey, Christians. Feeling Persecuted? Don’t Be Evil!
Some light reading for your weekend.
In the debris of the Hobby Lobby ruling, the Atlanta Banana published a satirical news report: Little Caesar’s Pizza had been granted the religious freedom to feed Christian employees to lions.
Never mind that the trope of Christians getting fed to lions may have been made up by early Christians themselves; the Little Caesar story was almost inevitable. Faced with a barrage of conscience claims, frustrated secularists are wondering whether there’s any limit to the privileges some people will claim in the name of “religious freedom” or any limit to the exemptions and entitlements they will be granted by co-religionists in positions of power.
Turning frustration into humor is a time honored tradition, but serious Bible believers are unlikely to find the Little Caesar’s story funny. The notion of martyrdom as the apogee of faith is as old as the Catholic Church. To quote Christian History for Everyman…
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What I’ve been reading: close to home
I was not supposed to happen via Home Schoolers Anynomous (http://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/i-was-not-supposed-to-happen/) My sincere request for you to stop telling me you're praying for me via Unpacked Thoughts (http://unpackthatthought.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/my-sincere-request-for-you-to-stop-telling-me-youre-praying-for-me/) Image via the internet somewhere. Full disclosure, Benny Hinn is/was one of my favorite televangelists... "he touched me!"
Fallen Dictators at the Mapparium
The Christian Science Plaza complex in Boston is in the news, and the column from the Boston Globe is certainly worth the read: "Luxury housing: Don’t just build for Kremlin cronies, global elite" (1). The Four Seasons Hotel and Luxury Condo Tower appears to be on former Church property, a Boston Globe article (2), but … Continue reading Fallen Dictators at the Mapparium
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