My Sin: the domino effect

Here is what happened at work. First, you need to know a little bit about how hospital nursing works. On our floor we have an Accudose machine out of which we can retrieve certain medications, among these are controlled substances. When a retrieved controlled substance is partially used or returned to the Accudose machine it [...]

A person’s a person no matter how small

I have not given much thought to whether Dr. Seuss was a Believer or not, but I have questions regarding our current Christian society and whether or not the American Church, at least the segment with which I am familiar, believes this Seussism.
My experience has been that we believe that some of the less fortunates [...]

Nursing 101: Life is fragile

Just like any other day, I walked into the hospital, punched the time clock, and chatted with my elevator neighbor on my way up to my unit. Then unlike any other day I saw a seasoned nurse run out of the room. The only intelligible word I heard was “CODE.” I ran. Entering the room [...]

Leading Worship–My Journey

• I have wanted to be a worship leader in a church for a long time. You know, the man who everyone wants to see on stage leading songs on Sunday mornings. Well, this is my journey—how it never really happened the way I envisioned.
• A little background will [...]

Random Thoughts, venting

It’s spring. There’s frost. I’m tired of cold mornings. Cool is OK. Not cold. Winter is done.
I’m at Panera drinking coffee, wishing you were here, whoever you are. It is bizarre that so many are here with our laptops carrying on digital conversations with IM, Email, blogs. It is exciting. It is sad. I was [...]

Eden Revisited

I was thinking that maybe that something I said in my previous blog Fallen Lately?, specifically “Here’s my downfall, I look to religion, leading worship, church, philosophy, my wife, my job, my kids, other people, music and my writing to get me there” might be off base.
 Today I wonder if I use these activities to hide [...]

Fallen Lately?

• I have been thinking about the fall of Adam and Eve lately, trying to process this story in a relational way. Specifically how man’s relationship to God changed.
• In Eden man’s needs were holistically met. Then, upon rebellion, man began to experience a new level self-awareness—nakedness. This transformation [...]

Nursing 101: I Can Kill

When someone makes the decision that they are ready to die, it is a sobering matter. This decision I greatly respect. Many people feel as if they have lived their lives, that the quality of life they would have with a disease and medical treatment is not worth the added quantity of days they [...]

In the beginning…..

      I am sitting here trying to write something profound–you know the type of thing that great writers write to get people interested quickly so they will read their musings all the time, hanging on every word like the roots of a tree that cling to a cliff (hmmm…  maybe tree roots clinging to [...]