by marshal | Oct 16, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity
Observing me reading a newspaper, my Hungarian ministry partner responded with cynicism that I actually believed its content. His experience had taught him not to believe anything he read in newspapers. Public discourse everywhere today is filled with shaded truths...
by marshal | Sep 11, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Purity
Gasping for air! I can still see the anxious faces of children with respiratory disease being rushed into my emergency department. Their fear-filled gazes expressed their urgent need for oxygen as they noisily labored to breathe. Often the quick application of a...
by marshal | Aug 14, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity, Truth
Recently, I loaned my reading glasses to a friend. She immediately laughed and asked, "How often do you clean your glasses?" Obviously not often enough! Using reading glasses to correct the deficits in my vision is not the total answer to my farsightedness....
by marshal | May 15, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. (The words of Jesus in Matthew 12:36-37) Wow! Am I in trouble!...
by marshal | Apr 17, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity
I enjoy strategizing and implementing plans. Years ago the process of taking a design for a new emergency department and following through until completion brought me great satisfaction. However, wrestling over adequate resources was the most challenging aspect of the...
by marshal | Mar 13, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity
As I was driving, the radio talk show host was encouraging his listeners to call in words not commonly used. A word that came to my mind was “murmur”– a mumbled expression of discontent. Although I rarely hear this word spoken, I suppose that a...
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