Last week, we joined one of those clubs nobody wants to join. When Jerry's urologist opened up his laptop in his office last Tuesday afternoon, he glanced at the biopsy report and said, "Uh, oh." We knew. And we quickly learned about Gleason numbers, and brachytherapy and radical prostatectomy. None of which we wanted to …
Category Archives: Suffering
One of Satan’s Finest
"Passout," "Blackout," "Space Monkey," "Space Cowboy," "Knockout," "Gasp," "Rising Sun." These are all alternative names for the choking game, which is no game. Kevin Tork, a 15 year student from a loving, intact family, died a month ago from self-strangulation. Not a suicide, it was an attempt to feel good that went fatally bad. Dr. …
Peter Was There
Peter. Intense, impetuous Peter. I've always thought he was pretty unfaithful there at the end, in the courtyard of the high priest, when he denies even knowing the man Jesus. Not saying I would have done better, mind you. Just that that failure to stand with Jesus was ignoble. But I had a new thought …