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I so rarely get sick that, when I do, I look at my body like it’s some kind of trickster.
“Is this your idea of a joke?” I asked my body in the middle of the night.
I occasionally get carsick and even get air motion sickness on planes, but my nausea never (if you will pardon the expression) rises to the level of actual vomiting. So my reaction at 2:30 in the morning was to assume this was a practical joke.
A suicide devastates more than one life.
I learned that lesson shortly after my doorbell rang at 2:30 a.m. on September 10, 2016. My 20-year-old son, Austin, had died by suicide. After decades reciprocating his infectious smile and admiring his achievements on the football field and in the classroom, I had to digest in an instant that I would never see him again.
What subject/subjects should I focus on this evening: trains, planes, drones, government, conspiracy theories? My little scraps of information come from scribbles on everything from a church bulletin, bank envelope, college request for money, regular paper, and last but not least, nestled in the recipe for a chicken casserole.
Shortly before the Blackhawk helicopter/airplane collision, I watched a video (the date for replay shown on the page was March 24, 2024) with a female representative from Lockheed Martin bragging how they had gotten together with our government and developed a way to control the Blackhawk helicopter by computer or radio transmission; and she was on her way to Washington, D.C. to present it to them.
Imagine being one of the millions of Americans in need of a hip or knee replacement due to osteoarthritis. Severe pain, reduced physical activity, an inability to perform many routine tasks -- the symptoms can be truly debilitating.
But if you're obese or overweight, there's a good chance that your orthopedic surgeon will refuse to provide care. As one patient told the New York Times of her doctor, "He told me to come back when I had lost 30 pounds."
A couple of months before Christmas, we began a series on the Messiah. It's interesting to learn details about His coming, but more importantly, this is the same Jesus who is alive and present today. In this article, we'll look at the beginning of His teaching ministry, using two passages of scripture, Luke chapter 4 and Isaiah chapter 61.
The temptation in the wilderness ended with the words, "When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time" (Luke 4:13). We know there were other times of temptation, including in the Garden of Gethsemane. Yet Jesus remained faithful to His divine calling and His personal commitment. The same Holy Spirit who was present at His baptism, who led Him into the wilderness, was now abiding with Him as He began public ministry. Luke's account tells that Jesus was preaching and teaching in Galilee, news about Him spread, and He was praised by many.
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