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 will…

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 into…

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 my…

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 of…

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 a…

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 are…

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, and…

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. In…

One: Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Other: Don’t you know it’s rude to bring up politics in a public place. How hateful. One: Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Other: You say that because you are a liberal snowflake. One: Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Other: So, you are into that socialist, communist…

I will try not to be redundant but I like to look at the philosophical presuppositions that prop up any position. I am accused of “overthinking” some things. But history is a great well from which we draw understanding of our present state. First I will state the problem. We now have a vaccine for…