Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free october 1995 a5 Joe Bryks Winnipeg free press James Krahn left and Tom Copeland Are members of the Christian health and Healing which wants to open a holistic health Centre prayer therapy proponents say prescription for miracles by Karen Hiebert Pauls free press correspondent therapy is not quackery it really two British Healing Consul Tants people who Are sceptical about i come and Gareth medical director of burrs Wood Christian Cen tre for medical and spiritual said in a Telephone inter View from once they they never want to theres nothing Cranky or quack about Tuckwell and Tom the director and senior chaplain of Green pastures Christian Cen tre of Healing in were both in Winnipeg Over the they came to explain the Chris Tian Healing movement to the Christian health and Healing which is trying to set up a Centre for medical and spiritual care in the a lady came to us about two months ago who had an Eye implant that had gone Brown said last the woman had been completely Blind for eight years when she attended one of Browns Healing services and asked him to Pray that she would regain her in 48 she had her com plete she didst need glasses or seven months Brown prayed for a Man who had been paralysed for More than two holistic Centre proposed five minutes he was Able to lift his hand and wave it a few minutes he could jump and run up and Down the both cases were verified and tested As True by i attribute that to a direct intervention of Brown not Only does prayer its an accepted and respected part of England medical tuck Well nearly 700 patients a year Are referred to burrs Wood by other Hospital and social the Hospital has support from 29 Christian seven medical Royal nursing and midwifery the British medical British dental association and the Hospital chaplains fellow they know our Hospital has an undergirding of tuck Well the services in our Church Are relayed to our patients the doctor admitting the patient will offer to Pray for the people feel lifted above their ill Ness and get better James a member of Winnipeg Christian health and Healing Points to an american study published by Randolph Byrd in 1988 As scientific evidence of this Byrd divided nearly 400 Coro nary patients in a san Francisco Hospital into two Over 10 half received medical care and were prayed for by randomly selected the others received medical care results showed that the patients who were prayed for had fewer complications and required fewer when we Pray for someone its like were sending a consultation to the great physician for components of Healing were not completely familiar with or completely in the dark Krahn sometimes that consultation is answered very some times its and sometimes we dont appear to get an answer at but we rest on the Faith that the great physician has the Best interest of each patient in no matter what the answer other than the Byrd the scientific Community has done Little to prove or disprove that prayer actually does Aid in heal ing physical Judy a professor of health and psychology at the u of said she has not seen any opposition to the notion but she has also not seen any scientific Ive seen support not Evi Dence for the idea that prayer and spirituality do enhance Quality of life if people believe in she heal thyself movements Call on definitions new movement espousing a Broad Range of philosophies and traditionally viewed As metaphysical or music treatment of disease emotion Al or spiritual by Means of music and therapists select music relating to the persons condition and desired Massage therapy the act or Art of treating the body by kneading or patting to heal a person with a disease or Christian Cele in which bread and wine symbolizing the body and blood of Jesus consumed to commemorate his death and also known As anointing with Oil a Church practice in which a person suffering from an illness has Oil poured on or usually to the As an act of salvation and for in association with a prayer of the anointing is intended to bring Healing from the Bible James says treat if person has committed any sins they will be forgiven at the same laying on of hands prac Tice of placing As Jesus on the suffering generally accompanied by a prayer for heal hands Are usually placed on the head or if approx on or Over the diseased Biddy in contrast to therapeutic physical Contact is made with the sources the random House websters dictionary almost like divine intervention by Karen Hiebert Pauls free press correspondent Tom Copeland sighs when he remembers being in the Depths of his had breast can cer and he had just been told he had a neurological disease that would kill him before his spouse it was a lonely even though we had lots of support from local clergy and family and said i Felt there must be some kind of place where couples can go when there facing a major crisis in their life and live in a Lov ing and spiritual one night after Renes death in february Copeland col it took More than three hours for him to reach the phone and Call for during that he prayed that god would either heal him or let him there was a warmth and a pres it was not dramatic and there were no White lights or i knew i was going to be within three was living he returned to school and completed his bachelors degree in the while he read of Well Ness centres in England that sounded very much like his the retired anglican accountant hopped on a plane and went on a tour of British Christian Healing he returned to Winnipeg with a vision to establish a Centre for medical and spiritual care in this six years Hes Happy to see his goal close to being its a great feeling because it All seemed so Copeland everything is falling into its almost like divine intervene stealing goods never need by Kirsten Hathaway free press correspondent shoplifting int always the result of simple counsellors who work with shoplifters say it can also be a reaction to if things Arent working out and people cant they can act out their distress in strange sometimes by these people would not have shoplifted if they had not had another stress in their said Dianne a counsellor at the corrections division of the Salva Tion Joan said that Why she lifted Billing practice challenged a1 several items things related to a Hobby she didst want to reveal from Zellers this the 44yearold had recently had an operation that left her permanently i hate welfare to Start now i know ill be on it for said who agreed to talk about the incident if her real name was not i took stuff i cant even stuff i had used in my past life before the i definitely would say that i want in my right about a month after the offence she got a letter in the mail from Harold a lawyer for the which also owns the form letter stated that she would have to pay for dam Ages incurred by i had a week and 10 Days to come up with this she being on she afford i was really scared that i was going to she didst Send in the Money and to Date she Hast heard any thing since the i was really starting to feel Good about myself again until the letter Joan she credits the improvement in her self esteem to the salvation army program for firs time shoplifters who want to get coun the program consists of 12 ses two hours every it focuses on life skills stress and anger As Well As addiction but Brian the founder of a company that acts As a clerk Between the lawyers and the says that those pro Grams Arent for shoplifters Are still seeing More than the accept Able amount of people coming through More than he there has to be deterrent to he and charging shoplifters to cover the retailers Cost for the offences just might be the Way to do loss prevention is never going to make Lawrie its Only a the demanded in the let ters covers the amount that the retailer has to spend on each said the Montreal for estimated that one shoplifting arrest costs them the costs Are not As unreasonable As they might first Lawrie he said goes to claim for administration charges for lawyers fees and the balance goes to the retailer to cover costs such As the store investigator who arrests and detains the Lawrie recognizes that people like Joan sometimes shoplift because of a stressful life Situa if someones really having a bad were not going to pile on in a Case like the shoplifter has to get an Independent Corro orator or Agency to vouch for their if peo ple Are quite obviously the retailer int in the business of pursuing a Case of that ;