Medical personnel were in a bustle all around me, the cardiologist in the ER explained to me that I needed an operation that couldn’t be performed at this hospital, to which the ambulance had delivered me, and that I must be transferred to their main hospital in downtown Charlotte, immediately . Amidst this orchestrated chaos of transition, the special transport nurse explained to me that we were going to travel “loud and proud” or some such jargon, meaning lights and sirens

Tom was sitting in the rowboat with 3 of his buddies, they had the afternoon free of classes in the seminary, and they decided a rowboat ride on the Mississippi was just what the doctor ordered. They had their lunch and their drinks and were prepared for a great afternoon. They were kidding each other as twenty-somethings will do. It was hot – I mean summer in the deep south kind of hot. The boys hadn’t anticipated that amount of heat; the aluminum boat and reflections off

So there is a lot of talk about Death and Destruction. And it got me thinking – what if these prophecies are correct? The consideration of the ‘End Times’ is so prevalent in our society today that it’s difficult to turn on the TV without seeing a show about these prophecies. There are nearly as many shows about the people who are preparing for the ‘End Times’, they are known as “Preppers”. Many consider the ‘End Times’ to have a date – 12/21/12. And to pique interest even

For those of us who have lost a loved one right before the holidays, this time of year is not the happy and jolly time that commercials describe. To this day, I, like many of you really don’t have any desire to decorate anything . The difficulty is that the world doesn’t stop revolving for any of us because of our loss. The carols ring, the lights illuminate, and the Santas are jolly. As I write this blog, we’re one week away from Christmas. I consider what this means to