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Comment on New Book: What Your Body Knows About God by Steve Mitchinson

Steve Mitchinson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:38 +0000

Looking forward to reading this book. I have been struck recently regarding the physical and the biochemical side of our physical bodies and their relationship to who we are and the eternal/ immortal component of soul or spirit.

I was looking at an MRI brain scan of a patient with an advanced brain tumor who could no longer communicate and yet is still very much alive in the now and in the life to come. I have heard and seen very interesting information about how parts of the brain respond with neurotransmitters to certain situations and leaves me with questions surrounding the biochemistry of hope and faith.

This leaves me with more questions than answers, it shows me that the more we look often the less we understand. Mystery is a component of who God is and science helps us peel back the layers of who we are and how we were created. What does it truly mean to be made in the image of God? In it’s simplest sense maybe it means that we are like him and not created to live without him.

Comment on N.T. Wright Refuses to Choose by Assorted Links (10/29/2010) | Jim Garven's Blog

Assorted Links (10/29/2010) | Jim Garven's Blog — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:16:01 +0000

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Comment on New Book: What Your Body Knows About God by jean moriarty

jean moriarty — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:48:31 +0000

Very interesting. I’m looking forward to the next book.

Comment on New Book: What Your Body Knows About God by Rob Moll

Rob Moll — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:42:25 +0000

Thanks Don and Craig! I’ll be posting research updates on the facebook page.

Comment on New Book: What Your Body Knows About God by Craig

Craig — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:58:30 +0000

Rob,
Looks like a great project.
All the best,
Craig

Comment on New Book: What Your Body Knows About God by Donald Klopfenstein

Donald Klopfenstein — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:44:13 +0000

I’m anxious to read this book. We are made in the image of God, so the body is communicating. To read a book just exploring this will be very interesting and enjoyable.

Comment on Dying Decisions: Should Relatives Intervene? by Steve Mitchinson

Steve Mitchinson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:25:37 +0000

Agreed. As a Christian Doctor involved in palliative care I recognize this scenario.
Medicine can do so many things, the question is always “should we be doing those things” and at the end of the day “is it going to make life better for the person involved if we do?” We are taught as Doctors to do so many things well, except stop trying to prolong life and care for the person enough to help them embrace the end of their physical life. It is sometimes much harder to “not do, than it is to do.”

Hope in Jesus and seeing His light in the valley shadowed with death I believe is the key.
Also needed is a right perspective on life, which like every journey has an end. It was designed that way but so often we as believers don’t live that way. Truthfully I don’t believe this brief physical life we have been given really makes sense outside of the concept of our physical death and birth into life beyond death. I recently heard work in end of life care described as like being a midwife for patients into the life beyond death. The reality of that grabbed me and I know from what I have seen how closely Jesus walks with those approaching end of life, and the mysteries that surround this time.

I respect this patients decisions to not pursue treatment, interestingly enough-I have seen scenarios where this decision would trigger a referral to Psychiatry. Strange isn’t it that an informed decision to not have treatment that is not curative is often further medicalized;
something even a Psychiatrist I spoke to didn’t understand. Has happened more since in Canada Hospital chaplains are not being funded. Here we enter the whole concept of “Existential Suffering” a very broad and poorly defined area, which at least in part involves mans search for human answers to somewhat more transcendent questions.

Comment on How Do You Know Heaven Is for Real? by Mary

Mary — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:35:18 +0000

kill joy! ha! I loved the book “Heaven is for Real” As you said ” I prefer to talk about our future life with God—would be better if they were based on the accounts told by the dying, rather than the once-dead but well again. I can not agree I cite no biblical support for this preference, but I believe it provides a more realistic context for the open window to eternal life with God.” The truth is not based on preference. When Jesus said, “For such is the kingdom of heaven”, he was referencing children. I have a friend who was an unbeliever, died and had an out of body experience similar to Colton’s. She was directed by Jesus to reenter her body and is now a youth pastor. I believe her and Colton are telling the truth.
You said you find these “similar” stories of near death experiences troubling, but many of us would say we find them comforting BECAUSE they each confirm the other. I enjoyed your post and agreed with a lot of it, but having nearly died 2 years ago, i appreciated yet another confirmation of heaven’s existence by this little boy. It’s another wake up and do what’s right call…..God bless you and all of us.

Comment on Hank Paulsen’s Scripture for Economic Panic by Lateisha

Lateisha — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:56:48 +0000

I’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s ipmrssenig me!

Comment on San Francisco Funeral Home Keeps Traditions Alive by Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:38:29 +0000

My family followed a funeral parade lead by the Green Street band all the way to the Embarcadero. Great memory! I want a funeral like that!