I often meet new people who haven’t heard of Christian Science before. It’s quite common for people to think these words together are confusing. The famous cereal name, ‘Grape Nuts’ was once confusing too (yum, that brings back memories of my South African childhood – another story). This 50-second video does a good job of explaining Christian Science… thanks, guys at TMCYouth!
Following an earlier post on the subject, Australians continue to debate our children’s ethical and spiritual education in State schools – whether or not to keep the recently introduced ethics classes for children whose parents opt-out of religious education (RE) classes; whether to get rid of RE altogether; and whether schools should employ school chaplains or not (separation of church
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Abraham Harold Maslow (1908-1970) was a humanistic psychologist, famous for his ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’. Simply put, his pyramid starts with the most basic human needs (“deficit needs”): physiological needs, followed by safety needs; social needs (love / belonging); esteem needs; and at the top of the pyramid, self-actualization (“being needs”).
You may agree - most people have a couple of things on their high priority “wish-list”… good health and long life. Kay Stroud, my guest, writes more on the subject… thanks, Kay! Australia’s quest for increased health and longevity. MAKING GAINS: Australians’ life expectancies have increased due to a decline in the incidence of chronic health problems. Courier Mail, June 20, 2011
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