TheDiscipleMD It was 1978 and I had just gotten married. I was going to school at a university, working a part-time job, and living in a mortuary free of rent. The free rent came with the responsibility of helping to clean and watch over the morgue a couple of nights a week. My wife and […]
Archive for June, 2015

Fear And Loathing Of The Perfect Man


TheDiscipleMD A few years ago I was intrigued by the comments of a national pundit as I listened to him pontificate on the leading contenders for the office of President of the United States of American. Of the two leading contenders for one of the major parties, he said something like, “I don’t know, I […]

Whispered Lessons From The Ear Of Malchus


TheDiscipleMD The mob had gathered and was now in route to find the man they considered a dissident, rebel, radical and heretic. Among them was a man by the name of Malchus. He was no more than a servant, and no one knows for sure if he was acting because he was passionate about the […]

Death Of Legend (A Tribute To Teddy Bears)


TheDiscipleMD Several years into my marriage, my wife ‘accidently’ threw away the ‘Teddy Bear’ I had since I was a child of three. In honor of all teddy bears I wrote this eulogy. “Teddy” the bear has been a good friend of mine for many years. No one knows where or when Teddy was born, […]