I overheard a man say that Jesus never made any mistakes. He went on to quote Hebrews 4:15 that tells us Jesus never sinned. Apparently this fellow never looked up the definitions of mistakes and sins. There is a huge difference between cutting a board...
In addition to a CAT scan today I also had an echo heart examination. (Researchers are preparing me for experimental treatment beginning in Philadelphia next week. They are eliminating variables in me, their white mouse.) I thoroughly enjoyed the heart examination. I got to watch...
I’m getting a Computerized Tomography, CAT Scan in the morning. This thing takes pictures of everything. When they are finished my insides will be like an open book. My heart, liver, kidneys, etc. will be public. I’ve had a scan before this and remembered Psalm...
The hospital I was in is on a hill. I was on the fifth floor looking out over a still darkened city. Dawn approached and little by little the shapes of church steeples, domed buildings and electronic towers crept out of the night. Suddenly a...
It’s a funny thing about human beings. If we hear one hundred positive compliments and just one negative comment, we will obsess over the one. Tell someone you love them many times but just once say you don’t, it will be almost impossible to convince...
This morning’s Leominster/Fitchburg newspaper just spoiled one of my favorite things. I love to sit outside in the evenings and feel the cool air push away the afternoon shadows as dusk closes another day. Alas, it seems that our mosquitoes are now bearers of more...
Oh, I am in trouble. My wife has been gone for three days and the last thing she said to me was, “Don’t forget to water the plants.” This afternoon as I walked past a drooping hanging basket of flowers I thought, “We sure could...
Many years ago the wizards who make Kleenex marketed red Kleenex especially designed for use by hunters. No hunter in his right mind pulls out a white Kleenex, wipes his nose and thereby makes himself look like a white-tailed deer. Red seemed ideal. No one...
There were a few people waiting for the elevator to arrive when a small group of young people suddenly appeared and pushed their way to the front and rushed in as soon as the doors opened. I had to smugly smile to myself as I...
Our day began at 4 A.M. this morning. At 6 A.M. I dropped my wife off at the Manchester NH airport for a not-so-long flight to Nashville, Tenn. At 8 A.M. she called me from a bus on her way to Boston. The plane in...