Near the end of my 3-4 times daily nebulizer treatments, I take 10 deep breaths, exhaling each time with a humming sound to loosen the mucus in my chest. Maybe you do stretches or other exercises to long counts of 10 — and maybe you find them boring too. Maybe you even lose count like […]
I’m tired of treating God like an ATM. Whenever I pray, I’m always asking for something, wanting something, for myself, those near me, or those for whom I have promised to pray. Lately, I haven’t felt like praying at all, and just get the bare minimum in to ask for the blessings and protection that […]
“Daddy, can I get up now?” Since he retired at the age of 62, this is what my father has heard from me at the beginning of every morning, when I’m ready for his help to get me out of bed and start my day. I almost always call him “Daddy,” and it seems strange […]
One Sunday a few weeks ago, while receiving Holy Communion, I realized that Jesus wants my heart. Sure, as Christians we’ve heard that kind of thing before, but sometimes it’s just so many words, you know? Religion can seem like that on our not so good days or maybe even just normal days. But then […]
A tribute to my mother for Mother’s Day. Wait for it… In Eden, before Adam and Eve fell from grace, was there no pain? Some classic Christian theology suggests that when the first human beings went against God’s will, not only did sin and death enter the world but also sicknesses like cancer, the flu, […]
Bible Bursts 