From the monthly archives: February 2011
Some days are tough. Last Tuesday was one of those days for me. Every Tuesday morning I have to be at work at 6:30 for a weekly meeting. This past Tuesday was no different, but getting up earlier makes any day a little tougher. The Bronchiolotis A difference for this past Tuesday was that our [...]
I am currently reading through a book called Home Tonight by Henri Nouwen which is a follow up to his book The Return of the Prodigal Son. Early in the book Nouwen describes his decision to leave Harvard and become a director at a L’Arche community, which is a home for mentally handicapped persons. He discusses the [...]
We have all made eye contact with a stranger. Both parties look away quickly to avoid being caught staring at the other. There is no real guilt on anyone’s part, but we try to avoid having to confront our awkward reality. One of the most intriguing parts of the Bible is Peter’s denial of Jesus. We [...]
Although I do not say cuss words (except maybe when I am driving and am alone in the car), I have to ask what makes language obscene? Is it the word or is it our hearts? In the sixth grade I started using cuss words. Something happened during the summer between fifth and sixth grades. [...]
One of the greatest debates since Darwin published On the Origins of Species in 1859 has been the origins of our universe and more importantly, the origins of man. Many see the answer to this debate as critical to define who we are as the human race. Where we came from has much to say about where [...]
Jesus had a great sense of humor. I have not appreciated this enough in the past. The metaphor about the log and the speck is a great example (Matthew 7:1-5). If you are not familiar with the story, Jesus uses a funny picture to get a point across. He talks about how we like to [...]
I hate Valentine’s day. The forced expression of love through the purchase of flowers, candy, and a card does not make any sense. Going out to eat on Valentine’s day is so painfully difficult, that in my opinion, the loving thing to do is to stay home. Why do we do this? To make up for [...]
I have written several times about being sad or even angry, particularly when I get hungry. Maybe you are starting to think that I am always that way, but it is not true, I also get very happy. The first two months of my life I was not happy that much. My parents tell me [...]
I have learned that making assumptions can really get you in trouble. In my professional setting I was talking to a patient who was sitting next to a woman that appeared to be 20-30 years older than him. I assumed it was his mother. Everything would have been okay, if I had just kept that [...]
When I was a child, my parents made me take vitamins everyday and I hated them. These were not the Flintstone vitamins that looked or tasted like gummy bears. Our vitamins reminded me of solidified vomit. I hated taking them and my approach to dealing with this problem was to hide them. The vitamins would [...]
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