Christian Scientist News

Beginning Jan. 3, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Newburyport, will have a temporary change in its location and times for services.

December 17, 2009 - This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. As a journalist, NPR's religion correspondent, Barbara Bradley Hagerty, lives by some key principles: question everything and back up your information with hard evidence.

When I first saw this headline, I thought the article was going to criticize Katie and Tom Cruise for not allowing their young daughter to play dress up or experiment a little with Mommy's makeup because it was against their Christian Scientist religion.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 600 Lovers Lane, will hold its annual Christmas program Saturday at 4 p.m. featuring William DeLelles on the marimba.

If the final version of the health care legislation being hammered out in Congress requires all Americans to carry health insurance, Susan Breuer thinks it's only fair that the new law cover those who rely on her form of medical treatment: prayer.

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is NPR's religion correspondent and author of Fingerprints of God.

Any jazz fan who has been paying attention at all during the past half century will recognize the quirky 5/4 riff that means the Dave Brubeck Quartet is swinging into its classic "Take Five." But there's another tune the pianist keeps playing that is completely different: "Forty Days," the most famous piece in his first sacred oratorio, "The Light ...

I got a visit this Monday from a representative of the Christian Science church.

Should health insurance companies cover prayer as a legitimate medical expense? The Christian Science church is seeking to insert a measure in the Senate's health care legislation that would encourage private insurance companies to cover prayer and spiritual treatment of the sick, even though both the House and Senate turned down earlier versions.

Regarding Richard Carnes' "Pay for Prayers a delusion alternative": While Mr. Carnes' attempts at humor may entertain some, the inaccuracies in this column are not a laughing matter.

DARIEN -- Lecturer Chet Manchester and vocalist Julia Wade will lead "Christmas Presence," a program sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Darien featuring music and video scenes of the Holy Land, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.

The calls come in at all hours: patients reporting broken bones, violent coughs, deep depression.

Samaritans Purse has collected millions of shoebox gifts for children around the world through this year's Operation Christmas Child Ministry.

About 150 people attended the Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council's Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday.

Congregation Achduth Vesholom Temple , 7227 Old Mill Road, will host an interfaith Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

" Too often teenagers are growing up in a Facebook world, dominated by appearances and surface urges that lead away from the paths of happiness, kindness, compassion and creativity.

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First Church of Christ, Scientist will be the drop-off location for Thanks For Giving 2009 Food Drive, which is sponsored by the Center for Family Resources and the Cobb County Department of Family & Children Services.

Interestingly, why is the government considering requiring insurers to cover prayer treatments but not treatments by unlicensed nutritionists that are not registered dietitians? Since you don't need a license in California to call yourself a nutritionist anyone can print up business cards and "treat" clients by recommending special diets, natural ...

A recent Los Angeles Times article by Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger detailed a provision to the healthcare Band-Aid, one introduced by Sen.