The ER: A good friend shared an interesting story this week. His brother attended seminary. One of the brother’s assignments was to be in attendance in a hospital emergency room. His first assigned night was a Friday night. The first incident he encountered was a family bringing in a person Read more…
Blog 14: Forgiveness Good News Upon our return from a two week trip to the Midwest, Jeny and I attended a volleyball game. The game was very difficult for me to watch. I worked with the team for the last several years and know the young women. On one hand Read more…
Confession Time I have a confession to make: when I described the Focusing Effect in last week’s blog, I did not fully appreciate its power over me. The problem of 40,000 deaths a year by car accidents was out of focus and it should be in focus. I looked up Read more…
Context Context is one of my favorite topics in my book “Being a Proverbial Student.” Understanding the context, or frame of reference, for each of our lives is an important factor in understanding ourselves. The context for how we learn information determines how we think, our attitudes, our opinions and Read more…
ABORTION Anytime a highly emotional topic is addressed, a serious test of civil discourse occurs. Abortion is an emotional topic and will be a big test of our ability to have a dialog. I am more interested in creating dialog than the topic, although I have a high interest in Read more…
Blog # 4 ABORTION: The Possible Opinions. Well, if we are going to discuss serious issues –we just as well start with a really, really big one. Given the current political environment I am reasonably certain of two things: first, new state laws are going to lead to a Supreme Read more…