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- I write about how spirituality and thought benefit health and serve as the media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Michigan. A life-long Michigander and MSU graduate, I like to travel and am a fairly decent table tennis player.
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Tag Archives: Healing
Heal Guilt For Better Health
The discomfort produced by guilt is not limited to mental agony; it brings physical torment as well. And since guilt starts in our heads, that’s where its cure needs to begin. As Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas writes in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dearborn, guilt, Healing, health, Houston Chronicle, Keith Wommack, love, Michigan, prayer, spirituality
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IN THE NEWS: Cultural Change in Health Care
Here are three articles in the news this month that indicate a growing cultural change in the use of drugs for health. (1) Heart Drugs: Too Many Medication Types Are Compromising Health, Doctors Say From Reuters, by Debra Sherman, posted on … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged drugs, Healing, health, health care, healthcare, Jesus, medicines, prayer, spirituality
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Love Delivers
“Over 80% of Americans directly feel God’s love according to a survey conducted by the organization funded by the John Templeton Foundation”. This was reported by Steven Salt last month in an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) entitled, … Continue reading
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Tagged benevolence, comfort, compassion, friendships, Healing, health, long life, love, self-confidence, self-esteem, well-being
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Guest Post: Whole-body Healing… Good Step
Here’s a GUEST POST by Rich Evans, a colleague of mine in Arizona, about integrative medicine and a growing shift towards spiritual well being. Rich grew up in Michigan – in St. Joe – and spent summers working in Leelanau. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Center for Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona, Christian Science, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Bergstrom, Dr. Hernandez, Dr. Rula, Healing, health, integrative medicine, Ken Alltucker, Mayo Clinic, medicine, patient-centered, Rich Evans, Scriptures, spiritual, spiritual well-being, The Arizona Republic, whole-body healing
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IN THE NEWS Prayer and love heal a wounded butterfly
“Let’s see if I can help him with a jolt of energy, a thought of love and perhaps a prayer.” writes Phil Mikan in the New Britain Herald in Connecticut last Sunday. This is what he thought when he came … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, Healing, health, love, Phil Mikan, prayer
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Thought controlled robotic arm
“They’ve found that it is possible for a person to mentally control a robotic limb in three-dimensional space.”
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged 1982 World's Fair, freedom, Healing, limbs, movement, paralysis, prayer, robotic arm, thought
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Mother-love
It was so touching to see mother-love in action like this.
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged comfort, Healing, love, mother, mother's day, mother-love, spirituality
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Gabby Giffords on ABC’s 20/20
I watched Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with Gabrielle (“Gabby”) Giffords and her husband Mark Kelley on ABC TV’s 20/20 last night. It was very moving! And it was wonderful to see the progress that Congresswoman Giffords has made since she … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged 20/20, ABC, Diane Sawyer, Gabrielle Giffords, Healing, health, hope, Mark Kelley, optimism, rehabilitation, spirituality, traumatic brain injury
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For health: forgiveness is good, bitterness is not
Recently, while in an airport waiting for a flight, I heard on CNN a summary of an article by Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent for CNN, in which it was pointed out that bitterness is bad for our health. In … Continue reading
Can human beings really live to be 1,000?
A study published in 2000 by the American Psychological Association found that “religious involvement was significantly associated with lower mortality.” Similarly, a study published in The American Journal of Public Health in 1997 found that frequent religious attendance reduced mortality. Researchers suspect some of … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Alzheimer's, Healing, health, immortality, mortality, religious, spirituality
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