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How does one pray about financial problems?

February 23, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

Financial problems can be stressful, even traumatic. Could we pray about them? If so, how? Writer Val Minard sees the difference between “selfish” prayer for money and the understandable yearning to bring harmony to a discordant situation. She writes: “During my freshman year of college, I felt hopeless and fearful about how I was going […]

What if health were catching?

February 21, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

Readers, beware: contagious health is breaking out! This concept may seem ridiculous, or at least revolutionary, but it’s really quite natural. According to writer Bob Cummings, we can turn the assumption of contagious diseases right on its head as we give this issue serious thought from a spiritual perspective. He writes: “Health reformer Mary Baker […]

How would you define God?

February 16, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

To define God might seem like an impossible task. But many ordinary people have done this well, according to their lights. Tim Mitchinson shows the opportunity we all have to define God. He writes: “Last year The Huffington Post asked its readers to define God in one word. Their top ten responses were: 10) Omnipotent; 9) Fiction; […]

Finding Comfort after the Quebec City Shooting

February 7, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

Finding comfort after a shooting has been a challenge for all too many American communities lately. But now that this scourge seems to have reached Canada, citizens there are facing the same issues. Canadian writer Monica Karal shares some insights that could help many in finding comfort, no matter what country. She writes: “My heart […]

World explorer discovers “her own in another’s good”

January 31, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

A world explorer is someone who travels our globe by any means possible, including a bicycle. But a world explorer doesn’t have to make a physical journey to find excitement, discovery and new views of life. One can discover the same excitement and newness in mental or spiritual journeys into how we think. Writer Eric […]

Jesus’ life: inspired and scientific

January 26, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

A scientific Jesus may be a hard image for even Christians to accept. An inspiring Jesus, a sacrificing Jesus, a healing Jesus and a loving Jesus—these images we accept easily. But a scientific Jesus? Spiritual seeker Steve Salt writes about this radical view. He begins: “ ‘You will experience for yourselves the truth, and the […]

A sound mind at any age

January 17, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

A sound mind may be a given for most people– except for those of advanced years, some believe. Are there any signs of progress in this disheartening picture of dementia, decreasing mental health resources, and the increase in the aging population? Writer Wendy Margolese is hopeful, even confident, as she explores both research and personal […]

When meditative prayer includes the Divine, anything is possible

January 10, 2017 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

Is meditative prayer a redundant phrase? Often “meditation” and “prayer” are synonymous, but when they are not we need to understand the difference if we want only positive, health-improving outcomes. Anna Bowness-Park explores the meanings of these two terms based on a TV interview with psychologist Dr. Miguel Farias. She then shares her own healing […]

Thanksgiving for the healing of divisions

November 22, 2016 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

This Thanksgiving can be more than a family sitting around a table of turkey, whether it’s a happy gathering, a dysfunctional group or something in between. Thanksgiving can be an opportunity to heal the breaches between our brothers and sisters while we feast together. It can also be an opportunity to begin the healing of our […]

Challenging old and new theories of man’s nature

September 6, 2016 By whollyhealthync Leave a Comment

Is man’s nature inherently attracted to evil or good? Or is this distinction even important? Writer Anna Bowness-Park thinks so, and so did others who did a world of good for the rest of us.  Bowness-Park has done some research on man’s true nature and finds that: “Humans are by nature attracted to shocking or […]

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Cynthia P. Barnett

As media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in this state, I’m responsible for conveying correct information about Christian Science, its practices, and its discoverer, Mary Baker Eddy. On this site I blog and post blogs which support the spiritual approach to health.

Please contact me through email northcarolina@compub.org or by phone at 919.909.0169.

You can read my blog here twice per week, or my monthly column at www.wilmingtonFAVS.com. (Type Cynthia P. Barnett in the blog search bar.)

I welcome your questions and comments.

Christian Science Resources

  • Christian Science Journal/Sentinel/Herald Online
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • ChristianScience.com
  • Mary Baker Eddy Library
  • Time 4 Thinkers

My Colleagues' Sites

  • A Look at Spirituality and Health (MI)
  • Above the Noise… (OR)
  • Authentic Health Para Todos (NM)
  • Changing Tides of Health (MA)
  • Christian Science in Indiana
  • Christian Science in Oklahoma
  • Christian Science in Southern California
  • Consciousness and Health (Northern CA)
  • Fit Virginia
  • Health Connection (British Columbia, Canada)
  • Health Conscious New Zealand
  • Healthy Salt (OH)
  • KeithWommack.com (TX)
  • Keystone Health Connections (PA)
  • New Jersey: A Garden State of Mind
  • Northern Reflections (Ontario, Canada)
  • Rocky Mountain State of Mind (CO)
  • Show Me Well-Being (MO)
  • Simply Healthy (FL)
  • Spiritualité & Santé (France)
  • Spirituality and Health Connect (Australia)
  • Spotlight on Spirituality & Health (WA)
  • Spotlight on Spirituality and Health (Australia)
  • TonyLobl.com (UK)
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