I don’t believe that God causes mental retardation in children, or chooses who should suffer from muscular dystrophy. The God I believe in does not send us the problem: He gives us the strength to cope with the problem. Where do you get the strength to go on when you have used up all your [...]
Last night I had the opportunity to see James Taylor in concert at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Needless to say, it was an absolutely fantastic concert. When James came out on stage I was first hit by the fact that like all of us he has aged. He is still a very slim man; clearly he [...]
A lot of things I read in the "Inspiration" category sound like a lot of hooey to me, but the following really rings true: Even when a cure is not possible, healing always is. You see, a cure involves our physical body. Healing involves that inner process of the mind and the spirit. There are [...]
When I was born I was diagnosed with a terminal illness, "life!" My advanced prostate cancer is only one of my many symptoms. We all share this illness and we all will eventually succumb to this dread illness. Some fall victim to life after only a very few minutes of arriving here while others are [...]
When life gives you "lemons," what should you do? Make lemonade, right? Wrong! If you have any brains, you'll ditch the lemons, maybe in your neighbor's backyard. But suppose you can't possibly do this? Then, and only then, should you make lemonade. The problem with cancer is that when life gives it to you, it's almost impossible to unload on somebody else. So the best you can do is make yourself [...]