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"Everything we do here is just a stall."
Warning: Disturbing imagery related to death. There are some cases in the hospital when you can sense the dread before you walk into the room. It whispers to you with words that aren't words. It's the silence in the h… -
God's will for your life is to... choose for yourself?
Today I had the chance to discourage yet another pre-med student from going into the profession. Just kidding... but it made me think about what it means to struggle with making big choices. As a youth counselor, I've … -
Being an impatient patient: recovering from illness
[Rehash of an older entry] Miss Poppy's entry reminded me of how difficult it really is to "convalesce". My sister often called me an "impatient patient", and she was always right. It is hard to be patient with recove… -
You want to be WHAT?
I couldn't help but notice how popular the posts about romance and dating are on revelife, so I'll join the bandwagon by talking about.... celibacy! Woohoo! No? The thought of being decidedly single forever doesn't th… -
Suffering and Healing
The patient sitting in bed was cranky and glared at us a little, though our surgical team of residents and students was close to glaring back. She had been admitted to the hospital for a fairly routine operation that sh… -
Are there enough prostitutes at your church?
"I told a story in my book The Jesus I Never Knew, a true story that long afterward continued to haunt me. I heard it from a friend who works with the down-and-out in Chicago: A prostitute came to me in wretched str…
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Grace!
I grew up with a mother who never took a gift... j... -
Justice, Mercy, and... Humility? Part I
One class I had to take as a medical student was c... -
The space in which the war is waged
Far too often, power - not fairness and certainly...
