If I were asked to name the significant impression from this experience with my two daughters, it would have to be the contrast between the terror and helplessness we felt when we discovered that they had drunk rat poison, and the fresh feeling of love and normality that pervaded our thoughts after visiting the Christian Science practitioner.
It's called psychogenic illness—false information or fear triggering real symptoms in the public at large. Read how you can take control of yourself when this phenomenon, or any other situation, threatens to sweep you along with the crowd.
Usually shadows are associated with disturbance and depression. But one night in a time of sickness and loneliness, a young recruit found a guiding light in the shadows that has helped him ever since.
For many people, the upcoming holidays may loom as a time when celebration will be forced, if not downright inappropriate. But the light of Christ brings permission for feeling joy that's both sincere and appropriate.
Barbara Taylor
with contributions from Peter Anderson, R. Todd Hoffman, Dana Fisher
This image of reindeer herder Vladimir Sleptsov holding his grandson, Andrei, emphasizes the theme of connection: with our own ancestors, with the family of man—and the ultimate spiritual connection with God.
