Writings
For years I have been attempting to “translate” medical complexities into understandable and helpful concepts for my patients and my students. That translation work has often extended outward to nonmedical people, as well. Now I want to extend this teaching to you.
Note: the patients in these accounts are intentionally de-identified. Specific details have been changed to obscure identities, and some persons are composites. These patients presented in the stories are not intended to represent actual individuals and should not be construed as such.
The Vaccine Variations, Part 3 (When?)
In the end, it is all of us citizens holding open the gates and clearing the roads for those who are developing these vaccines. Even more importantly, we are also the ones who are awaiting the precious package that will hopefully soon be delivered.
The Vaccine Variations, Part 2 (How?)
Vaccinations act like simulated infections which train the immune system and prepare it for actual infections in the future. Vaccines are merely war games.
The Vaccine Variations, Part 1 (Why?)
I am starting a series of posts that will address the COVID vaccines. I thought before we get to the particulars, it might be helpful to gain some historical perspective on vaccines. Let's start not with science or data, but with a human story. I always tell my...
COVID Beginnings and Endings – A Series
“Whether you have been exposed to COVID or not, it has exposed you.” What in your life or character has this tiny microbe magnified and brought to light?
The Image of God, Part 2
The humanity of Jesus is not something he donned for an unpleasant job and then discarded, like a soiled surgeon’s glove after a distasteful procedure. He has not “moved past” his human identity.
Resolutions and Relapses – Part 3
I am convinced that if we expend all our energy playing whack-a-mole with our thoughts, we may not get very far in sanctification.
The Image of God
The most important person for us to see the image of God in is the one we are most tempted to despise and dismiss.
New Year’s Resolutions and Relapses, Part 2
Apparently, like C diff, which loves a vacant microbiome, demons love an empty soul. Sin is obstinate. It fills barren spaces in our minds and thrives in voids of the heart.
New Year’s Resolutions and Relapses, Part 1
Very likely at some point you have made a resolution (New Year’s or otherwise) to rid your life of a certain sin or bad habit, only soon to realize in despair, like Valerie with her infection, “It’s back!”