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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
What changes would you like to see to Trib’s Saturday’s religion page?
One of the reasons I agreed to do Bible Talk for the Tribune Herald was to give a voice to a segment of our community [Those wanting to be challenged in their relationship with God] that for whatever reason has always been either taken for granted, or underrepresented. All one has to do is blink their eyes while reading Saturday’s newspaper to miss the religion page. But upon closer examination, one will quickly note that the page has turned into church advertisements and a few national articles that have no relevance to our community.
The reason given by the newspaper is simply that the religion page had become something less than desired. In defense of the Trib, they did seek input and suggestions from several local clergy as to what they thought could make the page more desirable. I thought to myself: “Why not ask people with a vested interest what they think?” People such as yourself who pay hard earned money for a subscription to the newspaper and who faithfully read and enjoy participating in this blog.
Yes- that’s right, I’m empowering little old you to make a difference in OUR local paper by offering suggestions on how to make our religion page better than ever! I’ve already given the editors of this paper my suggestions-now, it’s your turn!
If you could have the perfect religion page, what would it look like? What content would you like to see covered? More local stories? Possibly excerpts from this blog on the religion page? The balls in your court-you know the old saying: “It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. If you don’t tell us your ideas, we may have to settle for what we’re getting now! The Trib editors read this blog often, so let them hear what you think about the present religion page. Here’s your chance to have your voice heard- let’s brainstorm a beautiful vision for our local religion page!
Can Science and Religion prove each other?
Parade magazine recently ran an article that suggested that religion and science, can in fact compliment one another. “People have been seeking healing through prayer since Paleolithic times” note Dr. Herbert Benson, founder of the Benson-Henry Institute for mind body medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. The fast expanding field of psychoneuroimmunology, which examines how the neurotically and immune systems interact, is providing new clinical evidence of the connection between thoughts and health. There is growing clinical evidence that imagery is beneficial in treating skin disease, diabetes, breast cancer, arthritis, headaches, and severe burns.
But is that not what scriptures have declared to us? Psalms 27:7 says: “For as he thinks within himself, so he is”. That’s what happened when David stood before Goliath. He remembered How God had delivered him from the bear and lion and thought: “If God delivered me from those animals, surely he can deliver me from this giant. Even Jesus in the form of man, overcame the sins of the world because he not only thought, but was convinced and knew that he was the savior of the world. These examples and the above article only confirm the same thing- which is; my thinking determines the outcome of my situation.
So the question for the day is this: “Can science and religion prove each other? Is it so far fetched to believe that the bible that was written over the ages, can teach the same thing as science?
