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Idolatry turns an asset into a liability
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Cheryl Petersen
Christian Science is mired in the mud of idolatry. Most of the students of Christian Science have dug their way out of the mud and moved on in life. They strive to live a moral, spiritual, and intellectual lifestyle, successfully, and help to bring relief to those suffering with broken relationships, addiction, pain, and sickness.…
Survival or Salvation in Ciudad Juárez
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Cheryl Petersen
A survivor of fear, 26-year old Karina Sandoval strategizes to bring recovery to Ciudad Jurárez, a Mexican city smeared by its bloodshed and drugs. “My family lived in Anapra, west of Ciudad Jurárez,” said Sandoval. “We heard shootings every day. Our parents would drive my sister and me to High School even though we lived…
Hot-air balloons were not a bunch of hot air
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Cheryl Petersen
The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, originated circa 1660. Two-hundred and thirty years ago, Benjamin Franklin, inventor and politician in newly founded America, wrote a letter to Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society in Britain, telling him about an upcoming first-time manned flight. For people to fly was ridiculous,…
Writing Tricks Indirectly Help Prayer
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Cheryl Petersen
Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), author with bestselling books, gives 10 tricks for good writing. One of the tricks is to “use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.” In other words, keep the writing free of religious, medical, psychological jargon. I look at the Bible and wonder if its writers applied the same trick. Minus the flowery patter in…
Let spirituality guide science, theology, and medicine
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Cheryl Petersen
Here is an excerpt from an abridged version of Science, Theology, and Medicine, a discussion on how to guide those modalities with spirituality. “Some spiritual healers exhibit an innate effortless ability to reflect Truth—they are the Mozart of music, the Emily Dickinson of poetry. Most of us, however, need to study divine Science and…
Lightning Strikes for ideas
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Cheryl Petersen
We’ve been getting some intense lightning/thunder storms here in upstate New York. The electrical storms light up the pitch black sky for hours at a time. Thunder rolls and booms and shakes the house. The storms move in fast. I got caught driving home in lightning yesterday and had to admit admiration for Benjamin Franklin…
Free copy of Science and Health book
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Cheryl Petersen
Join others in the United States and receive a free copy of 21st Century Science and Health. Email your name and address to: 21stCenturyScienceandHealth (at) gmail.com
The Syria Challenge
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Cheryl Petersen
I have to admit, it would be disheartening to attack Syria. Why do so many people have to suffer for a few cruel nincompoops who want power over others? Even if experts are able to confiscate all the chemical weapons from Syria, the root of the problem (nefarious, twisted, gross thinking), is still there. Sadly,…
De-lazing myself
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Cheryl Petersen
Most of us have heard about how lazy Americans have become. As a news reporter, I’m finding a trend in the opposite direction. Now, it could be because I live in a poorer region, and we have no choice but get back to work or lose your health, your future. Membership in the local gym…
Making a Good God Reality
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Cheryl Petersen
“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Gen. 1:31 The knowledge that God made everything good can be difficult to act on. Everyday life experience contradicts that knowledge. Even second-hand experiences contradict the knowledge that God made everything good. As a former foster parent, I would fail to…
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