Adventures of the Madcap Christian Scientist
By Karen Molenaar Terrell
Adventures of the Madcap Christian ScientistFeb 23, 2023
The Last Person Alive on the Planet
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/03/11/the-last-person-alive-on-the-planet/
The Last Person Alive on the Planet
The last person alive on the planet
wasn’t a dictator, prime minister, or president –
no, it was a cleaning woman
who carefully tidied up the earth,
tucked in the corners, smoothed the wrinkles,
hid the plastic, glitter, and mess
to try to give a good first impression
to whoever lands here next
– Karen Molenaar Terrell
(NASA photo of Earth.)
My Dear Humoristian Hooligans
My dear Humoristian hooligans –
Your mission (should you decide to take it – and, really, what’s the alternative?) is to keep hope alive in yourself so that you can bring it to those lost and weary in a valley of despair. May your irrepressible joy and never-ending good will to all bring light to the desolate, discouraged, and disheartened. May your generosity and open hearts transform the stingy, stodgy, and stuffy. May the bigots, bullies, and busybodies be transformed by your relentless kindness and unfailing patience. May you bring laughter to those in sorry need of a good laugh.
Go out there and work your magic, my friends!
Karen
Be a Tree
The beauty of an 850-year-old tree.
Kindness Is a Powerful Thing
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/05/31/kindness-is-a-powerful-thing/
Love Is Always Here
We don't need to wait for Love.
We don't need to work for Love.
We don't need to earn Love.
Love is always here and always ours.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/06/16/love-is-always-here/
Ode to the Dads
Father's Day 2023.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/06/18/ode-to-the-dads/
Walking Around in Two Worlds
After I came home from Australia a part of me was still living there.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/07/28/walking-around-in-two-worlds/
Fellow Travelers
Meeting new friends in the local supermarket.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/07/fellow-travelers/
With Unblinking Eyes
It is three in the morning
and the cats sit next to my chair
looking up at me with unblinking eyes
and I know what they are thinking:
“Feed me!”
For a moment they break
and chase each other –
scampering across the floor.
And then they are back in position,
looking up at me with unblinking eyes.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/08/with-unblinking-eyes/
Love Everywherenow
Messaging my son in Australia.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/09/love-everywherenow/
Am I Done Now?
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/15/am-i-done-now/
A Land of Magic
I fell in love with Australia while we were there.
There’s a land of magic
Where magpies sing morning harmonies
And at night stars sparkle serenely
Above silhouettes
Of trees topped with palm fronds
And long-beaked Ibis birds casually browse
In parking lots packed with cars
That have steering wheels on the right
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/16/a-land-of-magic/
Silent Walk
The last walk I took with my son before I left Australia. I knew it would be a long time before I saw him in the person again.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/19/silent-walk/
I'm Siding with Love
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/10/16/im-siding-with-love/
"And Loss Is Gain:
“O make me glad for every scalding tear,
For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!
Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear
No ill, — since God is good, and loss is gain.”
– Mary Baker Eddy, “Mother’s Evening Prayer”
When I learned Andrew and Christina might be moving to, literally, the other side of the world, I went through a period of deep mourning. It felt like someone I loved had died – like another huge loss in a long series of huge losses.
And then I started pulling together all the tools I had been collecting over the years – the insights and healings and epiphanies – and I constructed a bridge for myself over the deep mourning...
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/10/27/and-loss-is-gain/
A Smile from the Cosmos
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/15/a-smile-from-the-cosmos/
The Dolphin Ring
My dolphin ring links me between two generations. It represents the joys and sacrifices of motherhood.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/18/dolphin-ring/
We Are One Body
Head, foot, and elbow
shoulder, hand, and big toe,
right, left, and center,
every race, nationality, and gender –
all part of the same Body,
the same planet, the same universe –
there’s no last and no first,
no best and no worst.
We are One
in One.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/25/we-are-one-body/
Note-Perfect
This morning I woke up with this verse in my head: “He will perfect that which concerneth thee.” I’m pretty sure I was giving myself a Christian Science treatment in my sleep.
I wake enfolded in divine Love’s arms.
Loved, cherished, protected, safe –
a perfect and complete note in Her song.
Father-Mother Creator unfolds the beauty
and harmony of Her symphony –
note-perfect since before time,
and forever and ever. Amen.
And everything that has to do with me,
and everything that’s concerning to me,
is perfected, evolving fearlessly, flawlessly,
ideally.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/27/note-perfect/
You Are Worthy of Healing
You are worthy of love.
You are worthy of healing.
You are God’s beautiful child,
the expression of Her Be-ing.
You don’t need to wait
until something in you changes.
Healing is yours right now –
no need to turn any more pages.
Love's Murmuration
Led by Love to be in the right place at the right time to help.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/12/09/loves-murmuration/
The World Is Calling for Help
I’m deep in sleep
and suddenly there’s a voice
right outside my window,
insistent. “Hello? Hellooo?!”
And I wake.
But I’m on the second floor
and, unless someone’s on a ladder,
no one is right outside my window.
Someone was calling for help
in my dreams.
I’m groggy, but waking now.
The world is calling for help.
“Hello? Hellooo?!”
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/12/26/the-world-is-calling-for-help/
The Resistance Movement
An episode about resisting hate and fear with love and courage.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/01/05/the-resistance-movement/
Comforts of Home
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/01/27/comforts-of-home/
I Am the Boss of My Thoughts
I have a whole universe in my thoughts.
And I decide what happens in there.
I am the boss of me
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/04/i-am-the-boss-of-my-thoughts/
I Gather My Memories Around Me
We created this home together –
my love and I –
and filled it with warmth and joy
and now I sit in our “green room”
and gather my memories
around me like a soft blanket
this is where Dad sat
on his 98th birthday
and reminisced with his old friends
and there is his painting of Rainier
and Mom sang and danced over there,
and lived and died under this roof
that last day,
and over there is where the sons
played the piano and laughed together
and, later, their loves joined us
under this roof and joined in the laughter
while the pandemic made of our home
a safe island and refuge
I feel all the love with me still
Dad’s love and Mom’s
and the sons’ and their partners’
and the love of the man
who helped make this home
with me
I feel the wholeness
and fulness
of my life
and am grateful
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/10/i-gather-my-memories-around-me/
Hid Safe in Soul
my memories of love aren’t confined
within my brain
aren’t held within the walls of cerebellum,
cerebrum, and brainstem,
tissue and goo,
my memories of love are part of eternity –
hid safe in the collective consciousness
of Soul
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/12/hid-safe-in-soul/
The 99.9% of Life
The last couple of days – in an effort to keep life in perspective – I’ve been making an effort to acknowledge all the 99.9% of life that’s good and beautiful and going on around me all the time – every creature that’s expressing life; every breath I take; every smile exchanged; every pretty little rock I find; the perfume of every flower I sniff in the Valentine’s display at the supermarket; every raindrop sparkling in the sunshine; every purr from my cat; every shared laugh on the boardwalk; every swan and eagle winging above me; every kindness shown me by friends and strangers – and I’m here to tell you that we live in a wondrous and bountifully beautiful world.
https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/12/the-99-9-of-life/
Age Can't Separate Us from Love
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
A Dime for Four Minutes
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Cupcakes, Sunshine, and New Friends
Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Trying to Look Perfect
Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Using My Highly-Honed Detective Skills
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Haiku Prayers
Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
The First Word
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Be Done
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Tom Hornbein (November 6, 1930 - May 6, 2023)
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
Stepping Into Magic
Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com blog post.
A Mother's Prayer
Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.
No Car Day
This episode can also be found on the madcapchristianscientist.com blog. Here's a link: https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/05/16/a-no-car-day-2/