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How does a Christian Science healing happen?
By Jenny Sawyer
July 12, 2018
You guys ask the best questions, because you’re willing to ask the questions that don’t have easy answers. Last week, one of you asked that question in the title, and what hit me was both how important it is and how much you wanted it answered.
So let’s go for it. How does a healing happen, anyway?
Q&A
How can I talk with people who have differing political viewpoints?
By John Biggs
Q: How can I talk with people who have differing political viewpoints?
A: Talking about politics can be scary! The challenge with many political conversations is that they seem to come down to who’s right and who’s wrong—as though that’s more important than anything else.
But what if political conversations could have a deeper purpose?
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Me? Beautiful?
By Kaily Johnson
From the time I was in second grade, I was bullied for my freckles and had a deep hatred for my skin. Other kids called my freckles ugly, and one boy told me that my face made him feel sick. Once I started middle school, the bullying morphed from finger-pointing and laughing to judgment and gossip. I was ashamed because I didn’t have a single friend who had as many freckles as I did, and I had never seen a celebrity or media influencer with anything less than clear skin—no freckles.
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