by marshal | Mar 10, 2004 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Stewardship
Drowsiness — It comes at the most inopportune times. My eyelids seem so heavy, I struggle to concentrate, and time practically comes to a halt. Sleep seems so inviting. A recent trip to the United Kingdom and Central Europe left me, at times, struggling to stay...
by marshal | Jan 14, 2004 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Stewardship
During my school days, I often dove into a test without carefully and completely reading all the instructions. The result? -Often wrong answers to questions that I could have easily answered correctly. This tendency to skip reading the instructions carries over into...
by marshal | Jan 7, 2004 | Lessons Learned, Stewardship
I usually am not a fan of New Year's Eve celebrations. In fact, my favorite way to celebrate the holiday is a quiet family evening, a dish of my wife's lobster bisque and finding myself in bed by 10 pm. Often, as an emergency physician, I brought in the New...
by marshal | Oct 15, 2003 | Lessons Learned, Stewardship, Unity
While visiting a Hungarian pastor in Budapest, he offered to give me a tour of his Lutheran church. The man spoke with grateful remembrance of the building's construction, as it had been built solely by the church members when 2,000 people attended in the early...
by marshal | Jul 23, 2003 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Stewardship
"Dive deeply!" This encouragement from a scuba-diving friend never took hold in my life. Although I thought about it, I remained content to snorkel instead. The time, energy and risk involved in scuba diving were too much. Diving deeply requires more than a...
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