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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 49 views
In the 1960’s, Simon and Garfunkel was one of the top recording artists. Then right at the top of their popularity they split up, going their separate musical ways. Now 45 years later we discover that Art Garfunkel has never forgiven Paul Simon for the breakup. Attributing the breakup to Simon’s unwillingness…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
The Advertising Standards Authority of the Brittish government told the a congregation based in Brad-on-Avon to stop placing claims that God can heal illnesses on their website and leaflets. The ASA determined the leaflet proclaiming “Need Healing? God can heal today!” was misleading. The group known…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Over 100 years ago, doctors first noticed that people, who could not speak after an injury to the speech center in the left side of their brains, could still sing. In the 1970s, researcher in Boston started using what they termed “singing therapy” to help stroke survivors regain the power to speak. The…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 12 views
That’s what Mary Poplin did: She was professor of Education and Dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. She attended a Methodist church as a child, but began searching other spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation, even telepathic attempts…
Skycaptain50 • Illustration • • 27 views
“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”- Thomas Moore
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 36 views
It wasn’t his favorite assignment. Going out in the middle of the night to arrest a two-bit false prophet wasn’t his idea of fun, but it needed to be done. Long ago he’s learned the value obedience, after all, not every Jew got to serve as the High Priest’s servant. It was a great honor, and it was an…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
A few months after I moved to Wilson I developed a persistent nagging cough. It was just there in the background literally for weeks, until I developed a fever and decided I’d better have it checked out. It was my first visit to a Doctor in Wilson and it was unforgettable. It was the weekend before my…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
HEALING The phone rang. Dad put down his garden tools, wiped the sweat from his face and rushed into the house to grab the phone before its final ring. With his mind on his Saturday morning chores, he didn't notice the sliding glass patio door was closed. Mom found him in a pool of blood with glass shards…
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Dewey goes to the local revival and listens to the preacher. After a while the preacher asks anyone with needs to be prayed over to come forward to the front at the altar. Dewey gets in line, and when it's his turn the preacher asks: "Dewey, what do you want me to pray about for you?" Dewey replies:…
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"The Lord of the Rings": Sign of the King In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, characters interpret ancient lore and rhymes in order to discern events in the present in much the same way that Christians interpret Old Testament prophecies to predict the coming of Christ. In the third book…
Alan Wilkerson • Illustration • • 27 views
"I'm going to make it" By Jerry Brewer Seattle Times staff columnist Gloria Strauss is ready for her miracle. God will heal her. Mom said so. The 11-year-old has spent four years dueling with cancer. Seven bouts of chemotherapy. A stem-cell transplant. Radiation. Experimental drugs that belong in a spelling…
Alan Wilkerson • Illustration • • 8 views
"I'm going to make it" By Jerry Brewer Seattle Times staff columnist Gloria Strauss is ready for her miracle. God will heal her. Mom said so. The 11-year-old has spent four years dueling with cancer. Seven bouts of chemotherapy. A stem-cell transplant. Radiation. Experimental drugs that belong in a spelling…
Nick Jackson • Illustration • • 5 views
"And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself."
Matthew Martin • Illustration • • 5 views
Instead of the old kind of New Year's resolutions we used to make and break, let's make some this year and really try and keep them: 1. Try not to imagine the future; take one day at a time. 2. Allow yourself time to cry, both alone and with your loved ones. 3. Don't shut out other family members from…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 6 views
In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston's ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was removed…