Editorials

PRAYER IS THE PRACTICAL TOOL THAT HAS THE POWER TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL STATE OF INDIVIDUALS BY FIRST IMPROVING THEIR MENTAL STATE.

"WORRY OFTEN GIVES a small thing a big shadow," goes an old Swedish proverb, which relates to the observations of Dr.

WE'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO PRAY ABOUT AGING, AND NEVER TOO OLD TO CLAIM OUR RIGHT TO THE TRUE "SECOND CHILDHOOD" OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY.

ANYONE CAN DRAW ON HIS OR HER GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL TO BE PART OF A "MESSAGE TEAM" WITH A LIFE-TRANSFORMING PURPOSE.

THINKING LESS ABOUT GLOOMY EXPECTATIONS AND MORE ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE FIRST AND ONLY CREATOR, GOD, BRINGS A MENTAL SHIFT THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

THE ONE THING WE ARE SURE OF IS THAT LASTING AND UNIVERSALLY BENEFICIAL CHANGE COMES THROUGH SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.

IT'S EARLY MORNING and C-SPAN is rebroadcasting a congressional hearing from the night before.

IN THE MOMENT WHEN NEWS BREAKS, THERE IS ALL THE TIME NECESSARY TO TURN TO THE ONE PERFECT "LAW OF SPIRIT," WHICH ANNIHILATES THE LEGION OF FALSE, MATERIAL "LAWS" OF MISERY AND MORTALITY.

PRAYER IS GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ALL THE GOOD GOD HAS ALREADY DONE, CONTINUES TO DO, AND CONTINUES TO BE.

WE'RE THE LIKENESS OF SPIRIT. IT'S NOT JUST SOME SMALL PART OF US THAT IS THIS WAY; OUR WHOLE BEING IS, IN FACT, SPIRITUAL.

WE MAY LIVE IN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT ACCUMULATED DATA DOES NOT OF ITSELF IMPROVE LIVES. THE DAWNING OF SPIRITUAL IDEAS DISCLOSES GOD'S NATURE AND LIFE'S VAST SPIRITUAL RESOURCES.

IT MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE, EVEN LIFE-CHANGING, IF PEOPLE OF FAITH TOOK AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR EACH DAY TO ASK THEMSELVES SOME KEY QUESTIONS.