I Could Hardly Imagine

For six years I was a morning newspaper delivery boy. During those quiet, lonely, early morning hours, I often day dreamed about my future. I imagined playing baseball in the major leagues or basketball at a Division l college. Some of my dreams never came true. Also...

Spiritual Autopsy

Television shows such as Bones and NCSI have made medical autopsy common viewing. An autopsy is an inspection and dissection of a body after death to help determine the true cause of death. During an autopsy the hidden is made known. For instance, lungs examined...

“Wear Our Skin”

Eating breakfast at a conference in Malaysia found me at a table of healthcare workers from a restricted country. Our pleasant conversation caused me to ask how I could encourage or help them. Their response caught me off guard. "Wear our skin" was their...

Yoked

I have never liked the idea of being controlled by anyone or anything. I must confess I get testy when I even perceive I'm not in the driver's seat. I want to be in control. The idea of being yoked in any way seems oppressive to me. Certainly there are yokes...

The Perfect Work of Patience

I am an impatient man. I made a career choice that only encouraged my impatience. The atmosphere of immediacy in emergency medicine intensified my unwillingness to wait. Practicing patience has been an issue since I was a young boy. My mother said that cooking was not...