Volume 1 Number 30 |
The Editor's Desk: | August 1 - August 7, 2010 |
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Our mission is to present spiritual responses to some of the greatest challenges that life has to offer: events like death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, serious accident or illness, crises of identity, recovery from addiction, loss of job or career, retirement, and other life-altering events. |
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A knowledgeable author at the June 8th edition of BoomerLiving.com, recently outlined five major systems affected by movement. This includes the immune, neuro-muscular, musculo-skeletal, cardio-vascular and digestive systems. [Continue]
It’s been a little over three years since my prostate cancer surgery and the ED that came in its wake. Being a cancer survivor for this duration has added more than a little perspective as to where I’ve been and where I’m heading. [Continue]
Prostate cancer treatment effects such as ED and a reduced libido may decrease or even eliminate sex (intercourse). But friendships help soften the blow and avoid a spiritual/emotional crisis. [Continue]
Prostate cancer or heart disease, like aging, is more than a physical problem. To borrow from Mark Twain, It's an issue of mind over matter: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter! [Continue]
Men, like women, have a right and an obligation to ourselves to know what’s happening inside our bodies. This is a moral and spiritual obligation, since the body and soul are inseparable, at least while we’re still alive. [Continue]
In a religious sense doctors are God, or more precisely, are an extension of God, imbued with divine healing powers. [Continue]
As the remaining days of Passover week wind down, it’s worth reviewing how Passover celebrates freedom, while advising us on how to overcome the spirit in crsis. To explore this let’s recount the biblical scene some 3200 years ago. [Continue]
Faith in your Higher Power, in your doctors, and in your own resilience, reinforced by public prayer, can get you through a serious illness like prostate cancer. [Continue]
Below is an excerpt from Rabbi Ed's award-winning book, Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine, Faith, Love and Sex Can Renew Your Life. With the exception of the last paragraph this is taken from the beginning of Chapter 11: "When Medicine Meets Faith." This affirms that, more often than we may acknowledge, our prayers for healing are answered [Continue]
It’s ironic that too much sunshine can cause cancer, since it’s likely that more sunshine in our lives might prevent many people from getting prostate and other cancers in the first place. [Continue]
