MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'christians'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207335&cid=t_318756_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F29%2Fits-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas%2F Okay, I admit it, I can’t get that darned song out of my head after Thanksgiving. There’s something about “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” that seems appropriate to put me into the Christmas spirit. But then I have to stop at a store to buy something. And quickly my Christmas spirit dissipates as I’m enveloped by the never-ending barrage of Christmas displays, scents and music. Oh, the endless loops of Christmas music! And I think to myself, “Who likes this stuff?” Not surprisingly, the answer is, “Christians.” At least according to Schmitt et al. (2010) when they looked at the effects of Christmas displays on people’s well-being. In an experiment that employed two studies, the researchers examined the effects... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207335 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:01:03 +0100 4207335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678562&cid=t_318756_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F19%2Fchristian-and-depressed-what-churches-can-do-to-help-persons-with-mood-disorders%2F The other day, I received this email from a Beyond Blue reader: “I’m a Christian, and have been struggling with depression and my faith since my brother took his life 2-1/2 years ago. I joined your group for friends and tips on dealing with problems with Major Depression. I feel like I just make my church friends uncomfortable, and they can’t understand why I haven’t snapped out of it and declared amazing victory through my faith.” I experienced that too, which was very disappointing. Because my faith is such a huge part of my recovery from depression and addiction, I didn’t understand why so few Christians, and even fewer pastors or religious leaders, knew what to say. One time in college I stood up in the middle of a homily and walked out. The priest... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678562 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:32:14 +0100 3678562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420442&cid=t_318756_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fi_n4VWDGXhc%2F By Julian SanchezDavid Boaz posed some questions about diversity promotion in American newsrooms in a post yesterday: But if reflecting the community is essential, why are race and gender the only categories to be considered? Alexander doesn’t mention sexual orientation. Does the Post have gay (and lesbian and bisexual and transgender and questioning…) journalists in the correct proportions? And how about ideological diversity? In the 2008 exit polls, 23 percent of voters described themselves as white, Protestant, born-again or evangelical Christians. A survey of American religion said that 34 percent of Americans describe themselves as evangelical or born-again. How many editors and reporters at the Post would describe themselves that way? I’ll bet that born-again Christians are the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420442 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:52:57 +0100 3420442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105240&cid=t_318756_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D4222 I’d thank Christ for Christmas for being almost over but I’m not a Christian, and Jesus is long dead. Instead I should really thank the Pagans for the winter solstice almost being over, since it was the Christians who co-opted the holiday in order to make it easier to convert or impose this new religion. As always, there’s a Madonna quote to fit every occasion and that is from American Life: I’m not a Christian, and I’m not a Jew. I was baptized at the United Church – no wonder I turned out gay with their libertarian ways – in Winnipeg many a year ago. None of my family was, or is particularly religious. My grandmother tended to go to church and be involved, but never invoked the images of hell when my lesbian second cousin got married and then stayed with her. Nonetheless, m... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105240 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:30:50 +0100 3105240