To defend is the natural tendency to guard and fortify. Naturally, we take steps to defend ourselves against the things we think will threaten, attack, and weaken us. This is quite different from being “defensive,” which is often associated with suspicious and...
Tom Taffel Articles
“Evil is neither communicable nor scientific”
Revised June 28, 2017 In the truest sense of the word, only good, derived from God, is communicable, scientific and of lasting benefit. God’s thoughts never leave their source. They communicate only good -- never evil -- as the means to teach us beneficial lessons....
Deadly-Medicines-Organised-Crime-Healthcare/Medicine’s Great Secret: The Placebo and Nocebo Effects – Daily Bread – 03/12/2014
Drugs kill. After heart disease and cancer, drugs are the third leading cause of deaths in Europe and the USA, states Peter Gøtzsche in Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare. He estimates that in the USA, every year,...
“A Gay Student of Christian Science Speaks Out” – Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 12/27/2013
“A Gay Student of Christian Science Speaks Out” By Tom Taffel Having read the 1947 mission statement: “‘The Sheaf’ strives to print a paper that will grasp the undercurrents of thought on campus and challenge the...
“Coming Out For Good” by Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 11/05/2013
I didn’t choose to be gay. Being gay was not a decision I made one day. While being hateful may be a lifestyle choice, being gay is not. Looking back, I don’t know why I was concerned with what I thought other people were thinking, instead of dwelling on...
When The Best Plans Go Terribly Wrong by Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 10/31/2013
Reaching rock bottom can be a humbling experience. There we gain strength in humility - when we humbly declare: "I can of my own self can do nothing" and turn to God. Getting ourselves out of the way allows the strength and power of God to take the field and...
Gratitude isn’t dessert By Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 10/24/2013
Audio edition now available on JSH-Online Special Announcement Beginning October 15, 2013, articles will not only be available to read, but also to listen to in new audio editions of the Journal and the Sentinel. All JSH-Online subscribers will be able to stream the...
“Embosomed deep in Thy dear love” by Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 10/16/2013
"Embosomed deep in Thy dear love" by Tom Taffel 10/10/2013 I was a teenager, living in New York City when my mother had a remarkable Christian Science demonstration. She had come from the bank with a large amount of cash in her change purse. She stopped to make a...
“Sunday School; Where Teaching and Learning Are One” by Tom Taffel – Daily Bread – 08/31/2013
May the dear Sunday School children always be gathering Easter lilies of love with happy hearts and ripening goodness. To-day may they find some sweet scents and beautiful blossoms in their Leader's love, which she sends to them this glad morn in the flowers and the...
Medicine’s Great Secret: The Placebo and Nocebo Effects – Daily Bread – 08/13/2013
Medicine's Great Secret: The Placebo and Nocebo Effects By Tom Taffel * Photo - Animal Magnetism Unmasked Emergence International Conference, Seattle, Washington -...