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Monday, June 4, 2012
Drawn to good
A Christian Science perspective.
A woman had made some poor moral choices. She?d allowed herself to be drawn into relationships and ways of thinking that were foreign to her stable religious upbringing.
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One night she reached a crisis point. Death appeared to be a very real possibility. In an act of desperation, she called and prayed with a Christian Science practitioner. At that point, she literally surrendered everything that had drawn her away from God and from those who yearned to support her spiritual progress.
It was as though something just reached into her consciousness and swept away everything bad. She felt good about being alive. She felt clean. Virtually overnight her world changed. She moved into relationships that were healthy and moral. Spiritually minded family and friends were again part of her daily activities.
What was at the heart of this dramatic change? Some would call it the cleansing action of Christ within consciousness. There?s inherent goodness in the Christ that dispels what is immoral and bad. These words by Mary Baker Eddy in her book ?Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures? help explain an experience like the one that touched this woman and drew her away from the bad and toward the good: ?Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness? (p. 332).
When we experience this true idea revealing good, the false idea insisting on bad dissolves. Maybe a little like darkness that ceases when light dawns. For most of us, even the difficult day-to-day relationships we endure won?t explode into the drama my friend experienced. Perhaps we?ve argued with a neighbor and now we?re letting that argument pester our consciousness. That?s a false idea voicing bad. But when the Christ whispers into our thought, that?s the true idea voicing goodness and melting conflict. With this true idea instilling good, we?re more likely to find unity with the neighbor.
There is something natural and right about relationships finding harmony and peace. It is good for them to rest on spiritual love and innocence instead of on frustration or impurity. We are grateful when conflict is resolved ? whether it?s with the neighbor, the neighborhood, or society as a whole. But just for people to come together and get along again doesn?t, of itself, bless everyone as much as when Christ is the key to our being together once more. Christ calling mortals together isn?t quite the same as Christ calling us to good ? and good being the beautiful presence we all gather within.
If we are just drawn together with fellow humans, we may still be vulnerable to potential discords. We need this ?coming together? to be rooted in a Christly cleansing. We need Christ pulling us toward the divine good, and this pull toward the good provides the most stable and enduring basis for people to work together. Mary Baker Eddy writes of Christians themselves finding unity. But she links this oneness with the Christ. She explains: ?Our unity with churches of other denominations must rest on the spirit of Christ calling us together. It cannot come from any other source? (?Pulpit and Press,? p. 21). Certainly not from mortals who grudgingly agree to get along.
Whether relationships relate to moral questions, conflict with neighbors, how nations are faring, or even theological differences, when we are drawn to the good voiced by the Christ, we?ll have harmony and genuine advancement. And the reason for this firm foundation will rest not so much on people who too easily change their minds, but on the Christ described in the Bible as ?the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever? (Hebrews 13:8).
You can help spread harmony with these prayerful affirmations:
- The false idea has no truth.
- The false idea cannot draw us to the bad.
- Every individual is capable of resisting the bad and being drawn to the good, where we find our unity.
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Graphic Design Companies UK: Conveying the Right Message with ...
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UK-based graphic design companies are the professional designers that know what is expected and demanded from them and what works in the graphic design industry. Their graphic designs make end users feel relaxed and comfortable as they are interactive and user friendly. An interactive design sends a strong and appealing message to the onlookers so that they can understand facts and information directly without spending too much time in making relevant perceptions. They don?t offer any graphic designs that are clattered, complicated and not clear and explicit. Unimpressive designs not only fail to impress but also keep users guessing and in a fix. With their designing services, you can achieve your targets easily.
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To make a complete and result-oriented graphic design, several techniques like typography, visual arts and page layout are considered by professional and expert graphic designers in an impressive and effective way so that the design can convey a message and can make its presence felt by all.
To know more about graphic design companies UK, log on to the Internet and find various websites that offer all sorts of pertinent and relevant information on interactive graphic design from experienced and profession graphic designers.
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VP Joe Biden's daughter marries doctor in Delaware
Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley and her husband Dr. Howard Krein pose for a portrait at their wedding in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/The White House, David Lienemann)
Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley and her husband Dr. Howard Krein pose for a portrait at their wedding in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/The White House, David Lienemann)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in Delaware, the vice president's office announced late Saturday.
A news release from Biden's office says 30-year-old Ashley Blazer Biden was married Saturday to Dr. Howard David Krein in Wilmington.
She is a social worker for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. He is a New Jersey native and a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to The News-Journal of Wilmington.
The newspaper reported that the couple was exchanging vows at the same church where she was baptized, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, in a joint Jewish-Catholic ceremony. It was being followed by a reception at the Biden residence in Greenville. The guest list numbered about 200.
Vice President Biden and his wife Jill issued a statement saying the couple's close family and friends attended the private ceremony.
"We're happy to welcome Howard into our family, and we wish them all the best in their new life together," the statement says.
Jill Biden told The News-Journal in an interview before the ceremony (http://delonline.us/KFNmji ) that Krein's plans to ask the vice president for his daughter's hand in marriage were delayed when his train to Washington broke down. He finally got there at 1 a.m.
"He asked for Ashley's hand and of course Joe said yes," Jill Biden told the newspaper.
The bride and groom were introduced in late 2010 by Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. Krein proposed about a year later, at sunset on a cliff at California's Big Sur.
Jill Biden said the couple are passionate about helping the less-privileged, and that Krein spends two weeks a year in Belize performing reconstructive surgery on children with facial deformities.
"Howard is the perfect guy," Jill Biden said. "He's perfect for Ashley."
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Independence Blue Cross courts startups in ... - US Health Crisis
It made the announcement at the kickoff of the country?s first StartUp Weekend? Friday in Philadelphia at the offices of Venture F0rth, the event?s organizer. Among the issues it wants to tackle are promoting fitness, preventive medicine, healthy eating, childhood obesity, medication adherence and healthcare access for elderly. Among the criteria for entries are feasibility, sustainability and scalability.
The participating partners are Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, the Department of Health, What If Innovation Partners and the City of Philadelphia.
Participants can submit ideas through July 10 and the winning entries will be announced at the end of July.
The winners get a $50,000 grant towards implementing their idea and presenting it to the insurer. They will also get mentoring help from Wharton and up to three months of desk space at Venture F0rth.
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