Kate's Blog on Health and Spirituality

In this article, Bob Cummings, a colleague and writer who focuses on spirituality and health, addresses the question-where is heaven and how does it apply to the world? He shares his spiritual viewpoint and Jesus' great ministry to explain that we live in the Kingdom of Heaven-NOW! Many believe that we have to travel, by means of prayer or death, to a place known as heaven. A place where humility, kindness and brotherly love and bliss reside. Bob acknowledges, as Jesus stated in the Gospel of Luke that heaven resides within each of us and that we each can express the same heavenly qualities of love, kindness, goodness, health and justice here on earth. Imagine a world like that-it is possible!

Our hearts ache for all those affected by troubling occurrences of violence. What’s needed is more heaven on earth to displace what to some must seem hellish. You and I can make a difference.

At MSU’s annual Foglio Lecture on Spirituality and Medicine earlier this year, I was privileged to meet Father Jake Foglio, a Catholic priest who has served in Kalamazoo, Jackson, Flint, Fenton and East Lansing – and was a team chaplain for the MSU football team years ago. I found him extraordinarily humble and kind.

Meeting “Jake” reminded me of something author Bob Goff said at the Battle Creek Community Prayer Breakfast last year: “We want people to feel like they just met heaven when they meet us.” And I wondered what the world would be like if we were all a little more humble and kind.

While many think of heaven as a far-off, future place, heaven may be viewed as a state of thought experiencing spiritual harmony and bliss because governed by the divine Spirit – here and hereafter.

Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “...Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.” (Luke 11:2) He also said, “...the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

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Kate is interested in sharing blogs about the impact of prayer and spirituality on our health written by her colleagues. As a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, Kate has experienced the power of prayer in her life as well as in the lives of others. She is the media and legislative contact for Christian Science in Maryland. Kate can be contacted through Twitter @CScomMaryland and email at: maryland@compub.org