Sick and stigmatized.

I took this for about a year.  It is a tough drug.  Weaning from it takes months.  But it provided the reset I needed and I am grateful. Though accurate numbers are hard to find, the Center for Disease Control reported in 2014 that 33,285,000 Americans reported using...

Cell biology.

I’m like you. I love to be outside. I love the trails and the rocks and the stars and the clouds. I love the smell of the forest, the sound of the river and the soft feeling of the wind in my hair. I’ve seen a bird’s nest hanging precariously over Yellowstone Canyon,...

Ambulance or fence?

Recently a candidate for state government mentioned her support for our “God-given, 2nd-amendment rights.”  Honestly, it doesn’t surprise me how eager so many Christians are to bring guns to church. Perhaps you’ve heard of Roy Sullivan. He was a park...

Does your Pastor have a church?

Which is better?  Living in a fishbowl or feeling like a fish-out-of-water?  Fortunately, there is an alternative. My memory of the incident is hazy. I recall the sound of shattering glass. And the soaked shag carpeting. And all of them lying on the floor gasping. And...

Canoeing the Mountains.

We should consider it an asset how exploration and discovery are such a recent and important part of our country’s DNA. Several years ago I loaded up everyone into the family truckster and headed west. Actually we spent our first night in Weston, Missouri and...