TheDiscipleMD SHOULDERS WET WITH TEARS (December 9, 2014) “I really can’t explain it but it happened. In 2002 my mother passed away and I thought I was handling her loss very well. Then, one Sunday, a few weeks after my mother died, a fellow church member came up to me and gave condolences regarding my […]
Archive for September, 2023
The Tiny White Coffin
Many years ago, I stood at the graveside of a child who died a week before she was to breathe life. It was cold, around thirty-four degrees, with a wind chill of about fourteen. The wind cut through my coat and chilled me, leaving me shivering throughout the service. I looked at the family that […]
A Profound Lesson Learned
Many years ago, a simple woman of little means sat across from me at my insurance office. I had known her for years. She was in her forties. Her boyfriend, whom I had also known for many years, had recently had brain surgery. It was the second operation he had to relieve pressure on his […]
Beware!
TheDiscipleMD “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Colossians 2:8) I was reminded of the above scripture when a few years back a young man showed up to visit my church meetings unannounced. I greeted him […]