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PRAYER AT THE KITCHEN SINK

One morning, I was standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes, when I thought distinctly, "What would you do if they brought Peter home injured from an automobile accident?

Do accidents have to happen?

A look into the mental causes of accidents answers the question in the negative.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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"Mom, am I fat?"

I'VE MADE IT A POINT while raising my three children—especially my teenage daughter, Katie—to steer clear of focusing on their weight, height, or overall body type.

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As a teacher of chemistry in Nebraska and Missouri high schools, and as a chemistry laboratory technician at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, I have always enjoyed demonstrating to my students the beauty inherent in chemical systems—beauty not only in the colors and forms they often take, but also in the intellectual elegance they portray.
When he sustained extensive facial injuries in a biking accident, Nelson Burris could have been worried about what he was going to end up looking like. But his trust in the power of prayer kept him calm and restored his face. See for yourself.
Sure, people say these things all the time: "Everybody's beautiful in God's eyes." "What counts is what's inside." "Clothes don't make the man." But here's why they're actually true.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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 Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Beauty replaces the beast

This thought just popped into my head: There is no unbeautifulness in man, who is the reflection of Soul.

"I have a taxi waiting outside.
A simple analogy about trusting God might have you thinking back to when you first learned to swim.
At first she thought the headachy, queasy Monday she was having entitled her to a nice, miserable nap. Then she thought again.

The Psalms: prayers of affirmation

These 150 chapters get just about as much exposure as anything in the Bible. Maybe you've heard them called songs. Have you ever thought of them as prayers?
"I'll never do anything like that again," our teenage son said as he plopped himself down dejectedly on the couch beside me.