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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: love
The power of love to improve mental health
Mental health can be improved and maintained by treating the whole person and by helping the patient feel connected with – and loved by – others and the divine. Treating the whole person In 2007 Malkia Newman was appointed to the … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health
Tagged Bipolar Disorder, depression, Eben Alexander MD, love, Malkia Newman, mental health, prayer, Proof of Heaven, spirituality, wholeness
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Dealing With Grief
Consider these thought-provoking questions about grief: Is grief a mental illness? Do drugs help or hinder the healing of grief? What brings comfort to the grief caused by loss and pain? Anna Bowness-Park, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, answers these questions in … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged Anna Bowness-Park, comfort, divine Love, drugs, grief, love, mental illness, Times Colonist
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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
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged Dearborn, guilt, Healing, health, Houston Chronicle, Keith Wommack, love, Michigan, 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
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged benevolence, comfort, compassion, friendships, Healing, health, long life, love, self-confidence, self-esteem, well-being
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What is Happiness Worth?
What if we ranked nations by their “gross national happiness” instead of their gross national product? That’s how the country of Bhutan has measured itself since the early 1970′s. If you live in Michigan, as I do, where we still … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged Bhutan, compassion, happiness, health, International Day of Happiness, love, spirituality, United Nations, well-being
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IN THE NEWS Touching Examples Of How Love Is Curative
Two recent articles in the news tell touching stories that highlight the curative nature of love. (1) Mum’s love and faith heals Liam Knight February 17, The Sunday Telegraph in Sydney, Austrailia by Clementine Cuneo Excerpts: Liam’s remarkable recovery is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged health, injury, love, mother-love, pain, therapy dog
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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
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged butterfly, Healing, health, love, Phil Mikan, prayer
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Walking a Tightrope With a 40 Pound Bar and Prayer
Could YOU walk on a wire across Niagara Falls? Nik Wallenda made it look pretty easy. He was so calm and looked to be always in control. In interviews with Wallenda on TV I heard two elements of a spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged Blondin, fear, fear of heights, love, Niagra Falls, prayer, praying, spirituality, Wallenda
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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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When laughter administers love to the heart
He shared a video of one of his house calls to a poor woman in another country who was very ill and in much pain. Using his humor, despite a language barrier, he had her sitting up, smiling, laughing, and … Continue reading