CLICK HERE to watch a video lecture available on one of this site’s Youth pages. The talk, “The real you – no limitations,” was recently shared by Tom McElroy, a Christian Science Practitioner, at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada on August 29, 2012.
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Further to our post last month “Praying about violence” there are two new resources to support our prayers:
1) Yesterday, the Christian Science Sentinel hosted a live audio chat, “A healing response to gun violence.” Guest speaker, Dave Hohle – Christian Science practitioner & teacher and member of 17th Church – spoke of the “heavy lifting” needed in order to gain intelligent solutions to the problem of violence, but that Christian Science provides the spiritual tools to do this work. The chat was recorded and posted online. CLICK HERE to listen.
2) An article in the September 17, 2012 issue of Christian Science Sentinel, “Why violence is not natural to men” by Kim Korinek. Not yet available online, you’ll find the article in the printed magazine available at any Christian Science Reading Room, including ours. (We’ll update this post to let readers know when it is available online!)
If you find resources, or personal inspiration, that you’d like to share on this subject please feel free to share your comments by leaving a reply to this post or share your thoughts during one of our midweek gatherings. We meet every Wednesday from 6-7 pm to consider timely topics, find inspiration, and support one another along life’s journey.
In response to the recent spike in violence here in our home city, our church community has been praying for an increased sense of peace and worth. Two members have had their prayer-filled perspectives published in The Christian Science Monitor. Here are links to their articles:
Toward stopping violence in Chicago – why there is hope
In addition to these two articles, here are links to the readings from two Wednesday Testimony Meetings we recently held on this subject:
August 1, 2012 – What is possible and what is impossible?
July 25, 2012 – Is man both good and evil?
And lastly, as one additional resource to inform your prayers – here’s a link to an insightful news article, “In Chicago, heat and homicide stoke fear and frustration,” The Christian Science Monitor.