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POSITIVE PRESS

with contributions from Richard Vaughan, Richard John Neuhaus

From The Rockford Institute/New York: The Center on Religion & Society
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"The pursuit of happiness"

Nancy Hormel Reinert

Sometimes in the race for all the things that are supposed to bring happiness, we feel empty. Shouldn't we be pursuing something more lasting—like spiritual joy?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Second Thought

From The Boston Globe, April 2, 1986

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Christians, of course, acknowledge that Will [of God]...

Evelyn Underhill

Christians, of course, acknowledge that Will [of God] and [His] Kingdom as the greatest of all realities every time they say the Lord's Prayer; that is, if they really grasp its tremendous implications, and really mean what they say.
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Does God talk to us?

Emily Wright Jaeger

Even with all the information gathering we do in our jobs, we need to consider what the ear doesn't hear but the pure heart does.
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Rising above heartless words

Marguerite E. Buttner

What does it take to return blessing for cursing, to love as Christ Jesus told us to love?

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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True strength: physical or spiritual?

Lawrence William Waters

Cycling, backpacking, climbing — the writer has done them all. But he found the real nature of strength, and healing, only when he began to learn more of God as Spirit.
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Are we claiming our true citizenship?

Jill Gooding

There is a larger world calling for our love. As we see what it means to be always in God's kingdom, we are ready to answer that call.
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Ever wish for a rich uncle?

Patricia Ann Sinex

When economic times are rough, it is tempting to look for shortcuts to get what we need. Wouldn't it be better to look to God, who is the source of infinite good?
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Freedom from chance

Louis Abrahams

Some people are beginning to question the moral costs of public lotteries and games of chance. This author explores the spiritual rewards of challenging any tendency to pin our hopes on luck.
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"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God"

Christian McCormick with contributions from Sarah J. Bishop, Teri D. Bilsborrow, Whitney Anne Gantt, Heath Norton

Have you ever had an argument with your dad?
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Keep going!

Isabel F. Bates

A flying lesson in a mountainous area provides the writer with an analogy for the spiritual healing of sickness, grief, injustice, and other turbulences in daily life.