amazing, miraculous, and extraordinary healing 225
While those of you who are Christian are likely nodding your
heads, dancing around, or breaking out in song, others may feel
uncomfortable that Molly Anne has so strongly proclaimed her
Christian belief that Jesus is the Son of God and that as part of the
Trinity with God and the Holy Spirit, he has the power to move
through her and heal others.
Day 28: Cultivating a Spiritual Practice
I ask you to meditate and journalize on what Molly Anne ’ s account of
my healing brought up for you. All I really know for sure is that I have
come very close to death twice, with a disease that Western allopathic
medicine could not even diagnose, much less cure, and after three
weeks at one of the better hospitals in the United States, the doc-
tors had lost hope for my case. Then, after prayer from two or more
believers, I was walking and talking within a few hours! Although
medical professionals would call this anecdotal evidence, the events
described here are absolutely true. And the good news is that we all
get to choose whether to believe in a Higher Power. With the health
benefi ts of having a spiritual practice being so well documented, it
is certainly worth refl ecting on whether spiritual health is what you
desire. If not, seek your Truth. Before you meditate, ask your Creator
whose counsel and prayers you should seek. Spending honest, inti-
mate time with the most loving elder in the spiritual tradition of your
choice may very well be an integral part of the healing you seek.
Hakomi Therapy
During the last few years, we have also been blessed with the amaz-
ing presence of Carolyn Craft, who has become a frequent facilita-
tor of groups at the Rice House. In addition to Carolyn ’ s ministerial
training and her experience with Gestalt therapy and nonviolent
communication, she is a practitioner of Hakomi experiential psy-
chotherapy, which is a method originated by Dr. Ron Kurtz.
This psychotherapy combines the Eastern traditions of mind-
fulness and nonviolence with a unique, highly effective Western