In our local area of the Sunshine Coast and around south-east Queensland and down the coast of NSW, people are dealing with the effects of severe weather events and flooding. Our hearts really do go out to those cleaning up, and particularly to so many who have had to deal with the cleanup many times … More Your Prayer Supports Those Affected by Floods
As Olympic Games competitors know very well, finding stillness under pressure makes a difference to both our experience and our performance. This difference we saw played out by Ash Barty on centre court at the Australian Open women’s tennis final in Melbourne this week. But we see it at all levels of sports participation, and … More The power of stillness … in sport, in life
“Q: How can I have a less boring life in 2022? A: I hadn’t done much to get the life I really wanted. My life wasn’t bad, but still, I was bored. Really bored. I’d thought a lot about personal satisfaction, entertainment, and excitement, but that was actually the problem: I’d thought about it. Then I woke up … More A less boring life in 2022?
In answer to the question why God permits evil, the discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, once replied to a student, “He didn’t create evil. It isn’t created!” (she elaborates on this subject in Christian Science versus Pantheism, pp.5-6) She explains that in the spiritual reality, there’s no opposite to good, God, and no … More Loving the Unlovable
By Kevin Ness In a year often defined by uncertainty, Christian Scientists gathered at their online annual meeting, including from the Sunshine Coast and many congregations throughout Australia, to acknowledge the ways in which God’s love and mercy have opened paths of progress and joy in individual lives and collective church experience. The meeting was … More God’s grace enables progress and joy, say Christian Scientists at annual meeting
Caught off guard by the reflex fear he felt when a Black man approached him on the side of the road, a white man realized he could do better when it came to loving his neighbour. He found a powerful starting point in the idea that we are all God’s children, created to express harmony … More I don’t have any racist thoughts … do I?
By Rosalie M. Dunbar “Many of us would agree these are partisan and polarizing times, whether it’s one government trying to influence another country’s citizens or various ways politicians try to get votes in their own country. I’ve always tried to avoid the fray of partisan politics but recently found myself getting drawn in, and … More Thinking differently about politicians
In public and military hospitals, prisons, and hospices, when push comes to shove, there are not many who will rebuff a visit from the friendly Chaplain. These caring individuals provide spiritual nourishment by listening to all our fears and anxieties, a willing confidante giving us the opportunity to discuss existential questions in a non-threatening environment, … More Why pastoral care is integral to healthcare
Perhaps the thing we yearn for most when a loved one passes on is to bring them back for just one more day. We yearn to hold them, tell them again how much we love them. This year especially has brought a new form of grief for many who, because of pandemic restrictions, have had to … More This Easter, choose to rise higher
Christian Science Society, Sunshine Coast 