Adventures of the Madcap Christian Scientist

I wake and feel the presence of Love with me,enfolding me in wings of joy.I have worries when I wake –frittering, fretting, fruitless frustrations and fears.I reach out to our Father-Mother for reassurance and hear:“Fear not. All is well. Trust.”And I do.And it is.And the fear dissolves into nothingin the comfort of Love's gentle mothering.I feel the laughter of the Cosmosand join in the celebration.-Karen Molenaar Terrell https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/03/20/cosmic-celebration/

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 planetwasn't a dictator, prime minister, or president –no, it was a cleaning womanwho carefully tidied up the earth,tucked in the corners, smoothed the wrinkles,hid the plastic, glitter, and messto try to give a good first impressionto whoever lands here next– Karen Molenaar Terrell (NASA photo of Earth.)

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

The beauty of an 850-year-old tree.

https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/05/31/kindness-is-a-powerful-thing/

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/

Father's Day 2023. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/06/18/ode-to-the-dads/

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/

Meeting new friends in the local supermarket. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/07/fellow-travelers/

It is three in the morningand the cats sit next to my chairlooking up at me with unblinking eyesand I know what they are thinking:“Feed me!”For a moment they breakand 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/

Messaging my son in Australia. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/09/love-everywherenow/

https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/15/am-i-done-now/

I fell in love with Australia while we were there. There's a land of magicWhere magpies sing morning harmoniesAnd at night stars sparkle serenelyAbove silhouettesOf trees topped with palm frondsAnd long-beaked Ibis birds casually browseIn parking lots packed with carsThat have steering wheels on the right https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/08/16/a-land-of-magic/

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/

https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/10/16/im-siding-with-love/

“O make me glad for every scalding tear,For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!Wait, and love more for every hate, and fearNo 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/

https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/15/a-smile-from-the-cosmos/

My dolphin ring links me between two generations. It represents the joys and sacrifices of motherhood. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/18/dolphin-ring/

Head, foot, and elbowshoulder, 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 Onein One. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/11/25/we-are-one-body/

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 beautyand 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 love.You are worthy of healing.You are God's beautiful child,the expression of Her Be-ing.You don't need to waituntil something in you changes.Healing is yours right now –no need to turn any more pages.

Led by Love to be in the right place at the right time to help. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/12/09/loves-murmuration/

I'm deep in sleepand suddenly there's a voiceright outside my window,insistent. “Hello? Hellooo?!” And I wake.But I'm on the second floorand, unless someone's on a ladder,no one is right outside my window.Someone was calling for helpin 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/

An episode about resisting hate and fear with love and courage. https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/01/05/the-resistance-movement/

https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/01/27/comforts-of-home/

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/

We created this home together –my love and I –and filled it with warmth and joyand now I sit in our “green room”and gather my memoriesaround me like a soft blanketthis is where Dad saton his 98th birthdayand reminisced with his old friendsand there is his painting of Rainierand Mom sang and danced over there,and lived and died under this roofthat last day,and over there is where the sonsplayed the piano and laughed togetherand, later, their loves joined usunder this roof and joined in the laughterwhile the pandemic made of our homea safe island and refuge I feel all the love with me stillDad's love and Mom'sand the sons' and their partners'and the love of the manwho helped make this homewith me I feel the wholenessand fulnessof my lifeand am grateful https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/10/i-gather-my-memories-around-me/

my memories of love aren't confinedwithin my brainaren'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 consciousnessof Soul https://madcapchristianscientist.com/2024/02/12/hid-safe-in-soul/

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/

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

Here's the link to the madcapchristianscientist.com blog post.

Here's a link to the madcapchristianscientist.com post.

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/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/26/do-you-have-the-mind-of-god/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/14/a-long-chain-of-smiles/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/15/thats-my-god/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/17/no-faculty-of-mind-is-lost/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/20/a-holy-and-beautiful-thing/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/22/cosmic-hug/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/02/05/i-collected-smiles-today/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/01/31/for-i-am-persuaded-that/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/01/01/what-new-adventures-await/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://madcapchristianscientist.com/2023/01/05/today-i-chose-joy/