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…

[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…

Even as Christians it is hard to deal with death. Even though we know in our hearts and minds that those we lose have gone on to a place of unimaginable beauty and joy where their tears and suffering are wiped away by t…

"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…