Author Archives: J. Michael Jones

The first time I came across the secret was when I learned that my dear aunt Helen, who was like a second mom and always inebriated on joy, had a horrible past life. She lost five immediate family members (three sisters and parents) before she turned 18. Then she married a man who did notContinue reading “Ramblings: The Secret to the Survivor’s Smile”

A brief update regarding my health for my friends and family. I mentioned that about seven weeks ago, some of my labs showed that my cancer was suddenly becoming more active. It took that long to get in to my myeloma specialist in Seattle, which happened today. So, with all things considered it was theContinue reading “Health Update: 2/22/21”

I’m going to say some things that will sound weird, leaving many scratching their heads. But if you think through this to its metaphysical roots, you see that I’m talking about something essential. Tomorrow the NASA Mars lander, the Perseverance, will land on Mars and for me, it will be a sacred day. I willContinue reading “Ramblings: Why the Mars Perseverance Landing is Sacred”

A long time ago, ca. high school, I tried to write rhymed verses poetry. One such poem, began; Earthward bound glides the gulls toward the cliffs below,The bird, himself, like a piece of heaven, downward drifting slow. The poem continued (and I can’t remember the words now) by depicting the seagull as it morphed intoContinue reading “Ramblings: The Mercy of Snow”

Summary: My follow up labs are stable. I’m still waiting on my appointment with my cancer doctor for our next strategy. Longer Version: I know that some people are interested in what’s happening with my cancer. I shared on Jan 4th that some of my lab values were surging. I made an appointment with myContinue reading “Update: Feb 4, 2021”

Remarriage Last time I described how the divorce from objective observation of reality in finding truth, or some call it reason, occurred. But reason and science were slowly reunited with the church through a convoluted course. I wish that I could say that the church came to its senses, repented, and remarried God’s gift ofContinue reading “Ramblings: The Great Divorce Part II”

Having cancer is like playing a recurring game of Russian roulette. They whirl the blood, or magnets, to look for disease … but you are really revolving the cylinders. You pray constantly that the hammer finds the chamber empty. If it doesn’t, you will be set adrift in a single kayak slithering down through aContinue reading “Ramblings: Having Cancer is Like”

C. S. Lewis wrote an imaginative novel called The Great Divorce, publishing it in 1945. In that novel, he describes a fascinating bus trip from hell to heaven. But I’ve been thinking about a different divorce, the separation of the Christian church from objective information, including science. I saw a report that evangelicals in America areContinue reading “Ramblings: The Great Divorce Part I (of two parts)”

I have not done health update in some time, basically because there was nothing to update. I did mention a month ago (I think) that one of my labs hinted at a possible resurgence of my cancer, but others that did not. This morning I received the results of my most recent lab tests, andContinue reading “Update 1/14/21”

I know that I have at least a dozen people who come here that were former patients in our headache clinic. It is with great sadness that I must announce that our last glimmers of hope to resurrect such a clinic now seems highly unlikely. I had a 38 year career in headache medicine. InContinue reading “Ramblings: Headache Medicine, Finis”