Spiritual Solutions Archive

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    Texas drought and wildfires: How prayer can help

    From Spirituality.com – a live audio chat with Christian Science practitioner Jan Keeler (May 3, 2011) Today – we’re reposting blogs and articles with prayers and spiritual insight that will help combat these fires. *** While this chat was going on, six wildfires involving at...

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    I turned to God

    By Katherine Brokensha from Spirituality.com One morning, at the beginning of this year, as I walked down the stairs to breakfast I suddenly felt a lot of pain in one of my knees and could barely walk. This pain was a surprise to me because...

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    Hurricane Watch: How did Jesus deal with storms?

    The Governor of North Carolina is prompting everyone to be fully prepared for Hurricane Irene. For some that means evacuating a vacation home, for others it may mean stocking up on water and food and hunkering down.  How did Jesus deal with storms? The paragraphs...

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    Opinions, reason, and communication

    By Barbara Vining from the csmonitor.com Opinions, especially rigidly held ones, can get in the way of productive communication. On the other hand, keeping our own opinions open to reason and revision can do much to open up communication and move things forward in a...

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    The Positive Health Effects of Prayer

    By Russ Gerber, Huffington Post 8/2/11 Did you catch the brief but remarkable story about researchers who have concluded (once again) that more and more Americans are praying about their health? As striking as that is, it’s not the big surprise in the latest study. Here’s...

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    Listen to God!

    By Omid H (age 10) from Austin, TX Yesterday I was riding my bike. An intuition told me to pressure my breaks immediately. I didn’t do anything. But then i heard it again, to put on my brakes. And this time I listened. Just as...

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    ReadingRoomBuzz: Safety

    By Elaine Ratliff A girl was waiting for her friend in the friend’s mobile home during a heavy rainstorm.  Without warning, a flash flood arose, shifting the mobile home from its foundation.  Recognizing the danger of the situation, the girl stepped outside the home into four feet...

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    Divine Love and a song chase seasonal allergies away

    By Laura Moliter Austin, Texas.  Music capital of the world. Great quality of life. Mild climate and sunny skies. Beautiful and inviting surroundings for recreation. A wonderful place to raise a family. Allergy capital of the world. One of these things is not like the...

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    Children on psychotropic medicines — spiritual possibilities restore young lives

    The 10/27/2010 News 8 Austin headline news included a segment about institutionalized children in the Texas foster care system and how “one in five children in foster care in Texas is on psychotropic medicines for an extended time.”  It’s a sobering statistic.  http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/274885/tots-to-teens-medicated-under-state-foster-care-system In an article...

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    Animal Friendly Austin & God’s gracious care for the little creatures

    Austin Pets Alive (APA), a local nonprofit dedicated to making Austin a no-kill city, today unveiled its first Adoption and Resource Center allowing for an increase in adoptions as well as improved resources for animal care. You can read more about the center by clicking...

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