April 2014

Living with Compassion

She was sitting at a table under a shade tree. Her chair was one of those walkers with wheels that also has a seat. I went over and joined her at the table. When she saw me coming, a smile came to her face as she recognized me as a… Read More »Living with Compassion

Easter: Life is Changed Not Ended

It’s something I’ve witnessed a few times in my life when working in hospitals. Generally, it’s happened something like this. A person has a heart attack and a team of people rush in with a defibrillator. After frantic treatment, the person is stabilized. In some cases, the person’s heart appeared… Read More »Easter: Life is Changed Not Ended


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Do You Know Judas?

Judas: the name is associated with words like traitor, back-stabber, turn-coat, false-friend, and double-crosser. We want to view Judas, the person who set-up Jesus so that the religious authorities could arrest him in secret, as not just wrong but as evil or perhaps demonically possessed. In doing so, we miss… Read More »Do You Know Judas?

The Spring Garden

Spring: it’s fresh, green, and full of promise. It’s with optimism that I spend what time I can in the yard, clearing the debris from winter, preparing the ground, and planting both flowers and vegetables in the garden. What will this season of planting and new growth bring? Will there… Read More »The Spring Garden

In Search of Noah

In its weekend debut, it rose to the top of box office sales. Remarkably, the epic movie, Noah, collected 44 million dollars from Friday to Sunday March 28 to 30. Perhaps part of the reason for the surge in ticket sales is the controversy over the movie and whether it… Read More »In Search of Noah