10.19.08
Posted in articles at 10:26 am by MPJ
I generally try to stay out of politics - a dirty business if I ever saw one! But just about the time I was writing my “Greater Good” article: ( http://beliefstagesandgrowth.com/blog/on-intercessory-prayer-reiki-and-the-greater-good/#more-139 ) a thought occurred to me: “What about the “Greater Good” in this upcoming election?”
It just seems this time there are less clear cut answers than in prior elections I can recall. People I have spoken with seem confused about which candidate would be better and many are still undecided. There are conflicting factors on either side, which, in my attempt to Read the rest of this entry »
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10.15.08
Posted in articles at 8:57 am by MPJ
Intercessory Prayer is when you pray to God that something you want will happen or that something you don’t want will not happen. In these cases, you are asking God to “intercede” on your behalf. It has been a part of most religions for ages and ages. But, does it work?
Well, a few years ago a study ( Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer. Am Heart J.2006 Apr;151(4):934-42) was completed by a group of researchers (Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W, Levitsky S, Hill PC, Clem DW JR, Jain MK, Drumel D, Kopecky SL, Mueller PS, Marek D, Rollins S, Hibberd PL.) The study tested the effect of prayer on the rate of complications following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Three groups of patients were included in the study: those who were told they would definitely receive intercessory prayer Read the rest of this entry »
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