March 15, 1999
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From the Editors
Four years ago,
when I had the opportunity to attend the first "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" conference sponsored by Harvard Medical School, one of the sessions focused on the curative effects of placebos.
What I love about the new Sentinel is its complete embrace of the world—of each one, in every place.
One dictionary describes a "placebo" as an inactive substance used medically to humor a patient. Yet, oftentimes a lot more than mere humoring goes on; patients actually recover from illness by taking placebos. Clearly, their belief in a pill's efficacy renders it effective. But genuine healing—Christian healing—isn't based on belief. It's founded on spiritual understanding.
Threatened by serious illness, this author found God's help equal to the difficulty—and then some.
As it turns out, certain facts about airplane flight have useful application to the resolution of financial difficulties as well.
Can you imagine wanting a second opportunity to talk with a stranger who has offended you? That just might be the case if you had an important message, such as this one, to deliver.
Twice each year, in December and March, the conference "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" is held. This week, delegates are meeting in Chicago. The Sentinel covered the proceedings in Boston last December, which included the same program and faculty.
What do gems have to do with self–worth? Lots. They remind us of all that we bring, by nature, to every endeavor.
This little boy taught his dad an important lesson about forgiveness. Then they had a big hug.
I am really grateful for the healing I had when I was playing football on the playground.
I called that same day for an interview, and I did get the position.
I was healed of a painful growth in my stomach.
In the next two annual evaluations, the president gave me an excellent rating.
I was going to my car when I slipped and fell facedown in the driveway.
Nothing could keep those living in my community from feeling the presence of God's love, and from expressing it.
Any spiritual lesson-learning constitutes a kind of "birth."
