DEATH AS A CHRISTIAN
Death is a pestilence and an aberration. We attempt to avoid and cheat death, because we fear it. It feels wrong somehow, even though it is inevitable...
Read MoreDEATH AS A DOCTOR: CONCLUSION
These 4 stories shared in the weeks past are only a sampling of the many ways people approach death and dying. In a profession where prolonging life is typically the main aim, death makes the practice of medicine feel ultimately futile...
Read MoreDOCTOR-PATIENT ETIQUETTE
We live in an age where information and gratification are a few short keystrokes away. Want to know who that person was that did that thing that one time…? Google it. Feel like a pizza? Order one online – guaranteed delivery to your door in 30 minutes or less. What a time to be alive!...
Read MoreLOUISE THE GREETER
I won’t pretend I know Louise, I won’t even tell you that we’re casual acquaintances. I’ve only met her once, and that one encounter lasted for all of three seconds. But those three seconds left me feeling an indescribable sense of joy. Let me tell you the story...
Read MoreSEEING AND PERCEIVING
How do you perceive God? How do you view Him? The answer to that question has no impact or bearing on who God is - He tells us “I AM who I AM”; rather, the answer you give reveals a truth about you...
Read MoreGOD AND LANGUAGE
There are some moments in life that reveal a divine spark. Moments that we look back on where something happened that exceeded our wildest dreams and expectations. Moments that feel greater than us, moments that can go on to define us. Some attribute these moments to coincidence or luck...
Read MoreBREAKING THE SILENCE
It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m running late. The waiting room of our General Practice surgery is filled to bursting as I walk out to call my next patient, Brian (not his real name). He sullenly walks down the corridor to my consulting room without lifting his eyes from the carpet below...
Read MoreTHE BEGINNING
In a way, this is the hardest entry to write.
Beginnings are tough. You start with a blank page and you have aspirations for what that page could become, but you don't know where to begin. I might have to plagiarise just to get myself started...
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