Archive for July, 2006

Some reports of “answered prayer” don’t encourage me at all.

The “theology” of Oz breaks down in the presence of the theology of Hebrews.

Dialysis and insulin injections no longer necessary.

Ultraviolet light and high-fat diet also implicated.

The inability to see food liberates the other senses.

It’s so easy to get stuck on myself, as if I am important in this world.

Cancer? But Katie was only 24 years old! How can someone have cancer on her honeymoon? And that is not the only challenge Katie faces.

The forlorn chair and Stravinsky’s pensive strains intertwine in my thoughts—a melancholy counterpoint.

My dad’s answer is the best. He simply said, “Of course.”

Can we talk?

“The dialysis costs $6,000 a month and my medications cost maybe fourteen hundred dollars a month for 10 different pills. They say that maybe there will be no check in August.”

The cause-and-effect connection seems to flow both directions.

Celebrating the founding fathers’ grand ideal

I do not condemn people I love. And if that is true of me, I can only imagine how true it must be of God.