Posts Tagged ‘spiritual healing’
S+C | Healing with God Part II
Posted by: Shirley Paulson in Podcast on April 2nd, 2009
Episode #20 is a conversation about healing from a faith perspective.
Shirley Paulson, a Christian Science practitioner, and Barbara Zeman, a Roman Catholic, find common ground in the quest for healing. The complexity of healing arises out of the limitations of human language, but the beauty of healing is evident in the closer relationship with God.
While we might be enthusiastic about the spiritual adventure of seeking healing through prayer, we also recognize that the struggle that precipitates the healing often includes the battle with the very thing that resists the healing. Stubbornness is an example. Despite our shortcomings, though, we agree that God or Christ is able to move our thoughts where we need to be in order to welcome the healing adjustment.
People need personal healings, and the whole family of humanity needs healing of injustice, oppression, and economic disruption. We’d love to welcome your thoughts on healing of any kind. Tell us how you’ve experienced healing, or how you heal others. Please scroll down to the “comments” here on the Spirituality and Christianity.com website. Tell us your thoughts or experiences. Thanks!
Some related links:
- Christian Science healing
- Catholic healing prayers
- Beliefnet healing prayer archive
- Healing prayer: online resource for Christian prayer
- Christian Science Sentinel (print version)
S+C | Healing with God, Part I
Posted by: Shirley Paulson in Podcast on March 15th, 2009
Episode #19 is a conversation with Barbara Zeman, a Roman Catholic, and Shirley Paulson, a Christian Science practitioner, on the subject of our healing practices.
We know it’s a topic close to the hearts of many spiritually minded people, as was evident in a recent cover story with TIME magazine, called, “How Faith Can Heal.” Barbara did a healing service with her colleagues at the hospital, and I keep a full time office devoted to healing through prayer.
Even though our traditions and practices are different, we find a common thread in our understanding of the way healing happens. God’s will is harmony, peace, wholeness, and blessing, so our prayers for healing are for the purpose of finding alignment with God. It appears that the sincere desire to be close to God inspires us to find healing for our own broken hearts, broken peace, or even broken bodies; and this is the same inspiration that impels us to extend that same kind of healing for others.
Please join the conversation and tell us your healing experiences. Click on the comments button at the end of the show notes, here on the website, “spirituality and Christianity.com.” thank you!
References from the podcast:
- Healing in the History of Christianity, Amanda Porterfield, p. 158
- Saint Blaise
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp.326-442
S+C | Prayer and healing
Posted by: Shirley Paulson in Podcast on January 22nd, 2008
We invite you to listen in to episode 2 of spiritualityandchristianity.com!
Bobbie McKay and her husband, Lew Musil, had a hunch there was a spiritual phenomenon that needed documentation. Bobbie herself experienced a spiritual healing some forty years ago, and she kept hearing reports of others with similar experiences. She and Lew headed out to investigate what people had to say about their healings. You can read the rather shocking results of their exploration in their book, Healing the Spirit.I’ve also experienced healing from my prayers, so Bobbie and I thought we’d like to compare notes a bit, to see what we might learn from each other. Bobbie is a member of the United Church of Christ, and I am a Christian Scientist.
Learn more about Bobbie McKay and her collaborative efforts with her husband, Lewis Musil:
- Their books
- Their opera, The End of the Journey (first performed January 12, 2008)
- Their website, www.spiritualhealthcenter.org
- Their professional background