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!"

“Being Known” – Fellowship of Former Christian Scientists (FFCS) Conference

This is a follow-up to the previous post about the FFCS Confrence. Hello! So often we feel alone as former Christian Scientists. Now is a time for “Being Known.” We hope you can join us for the first Fellowship of Former Christian Scientists (FFCS) Conference on Aug 1st and 2nd. Please spread the word to … Continue reading “Being Known” – Fellowship of Former Christian Scientists (FFCS) Conference

Hi Kat: I’m so grateful to know that I can turn to evidence based medicine for healing

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The following is an e-mail I received from a reader that I have shared here with their permission. I don't often publish e-mails from readers, but when I do they'll be categorized and tagged "Hi Kat e-mails." I was dealing recently with the apparent belief a very sore foot that suddenly became alarmingly swollen and … Continue reading Hi Kat: I’m so grateful to know that I can turn to evidence based medicine for healing

Learning to Care Less about the Disapproval of Others

Awesome article that can be applied to many situations!

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misunderstandingFew things upset me like being misunderstood, and here lately that’s been happening a lot.  Leaving the Christian fold was an eye-opening experience in more ways than one, not least of which was in showing me how unable to think outside of their box this faith makes people.  As a Christian I was taught to believe that everyone is a God-believer at their core, but that some merely lie to themselves and/or to others about it.  Poor deluded atheists!  The Devil has blinded them to their own folly. Only a fool says in his heart that there is no God, amirite?  No wonder it always feels like my friends and family are misreading me all the time.  They’re looking at me through a lens which claims things about me that are patently false.  Seeing me the way they do requires ignoring several important things I tell them about myself…

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When Christian Scientists are talking to each other

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My friend and fellow blogger, Karen the Madcap Christian Scientist recently shared a post entitled "suggestions for talking with" reminding people not to make assumptions, presumptions. She has several lists, including When Christians are talking with atheists, When atheists are talking to theists and so on, until she comes to my two favorite: When non-Christian … Continue reading When Christian Scientists are talking to each other