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SUMMARY:In-Person lecture: SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY: HOW YOU CAN BETTER THE WORLD
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Tom McElroy. \nPrayer is about spiritual discovery\, says Tom McElroy. It’s about understanding more of what God is and learning to see our lives and the world through the lens of God’s all-good nature. It’s about stripping away surface-level appearances in order to discern what actually IS. Spiritual discovery reveals what is substantial\, lasting\, and powerful — and this leads to healing. What’s the outcome? Progress. Transformation. Wholeness. For anyone. \nJesus modeled a universal way to pray that leads to a greater awareness of the nature of God and of our relation to God.  He showed how turning from fear and preconceived notions to a clearer view of the presence of a God that is Love and Life itself can have a tangible\, healing effect in our lives. Bible accounts indicate that others who followed his example and teachings proved this too. Freedom from injustice\, hunger\, illness\, even incurable disease\, was gained through discovering more of what God is and does. \nPrayer can have a tangible\, healing effect today\, too. Problems related to our personal history and health as well as issues that trouble entire communities are rooted in misperceptions based on surface-level reasoning. Ultimately\, they never change the facts of what’s rooted in the nature of God — what’s genuine\, good\, and reliable. Prayer that leads to this true viewpoint\, one that’s based on spiritual discovery\, results in healing. \nDoes this sound like blind and dumb faith or positive thinking? It’s not—and centuries of tangible\, healing experiences help prove the Science of it. Mary Baker Eddy\, the founder of this approach to Christianity and healing: Christian Science makes clear the timeless\, universal\, and repeatable truths that underpin Jesus’ life and teachings. Eddy’s primary work\, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\, explains Christian Science so that anyone can apply it and experience it for themselves. \nCan we better the world? Absolutely. Misperceptions appear on any scale. Just so\, the universal truths at the heart of Christian healing are true on any scale. Spiritual views can affect progress for communities just as they do for individuals. We can help the world by discovering what’s true! \nJoin us in Bellevue on Sunday\, Jan. 14\, at 3 p.m. to hear more. \nAbout Tom McElroy \nAfter college\, Tom worked in finance\, and volunteered as a prison Chaplain in men’s\, women’s\, and youth correctional facilities. Now\, as a Christian Science practitioner\, he prays with people from many different walks of life in order to help them find spiritually-based solutions to issues ranging from health problems to financial and relationship difficulties. \nAs a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship\, Tom has spoken about the practice of Christian Science for general audiences and groups in universities\, churches\, and prisons throughout North America\, Europe\, Africa and Australasia.
URL:https://christiansciencewa.org/event/in-person-lecture-spiritual-discovery-how-you-can-better-the-world/
LOCATION:South Bellevue Community Center\, 14509 SE Newport Way\, Bellevue\, WA\, United States
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