Back in 2005, I wrote a post about the abandonment of Terri Shiavo, prompted by a column by Mark Steyn. I was fixing a couple of broken links on the post and I thought it deserved fresh light. So, here you have it. Click here to go to the post.
Category: Personal
Christianity, Personal
The Nature of Sloth
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I was reading a review of Josef Pieper’s Faith, Hope, Love on Amazon when the commentor (Lawrence J. King) said something that struck a deep nerve and sent a shudder through my being (I am not joking). He said: I used to think of “slothful” as synonymous with “laziness” — but this book made me realize what…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Culture & Social Issues, Personal
I Always Knew I Was a Bit Spicy
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One of the niceties that separates us from our historical ancestors is our use of condiments on our food. We have many possibilities to spice up our daily fare from the simple salt and pepper to the common mayonnaise, mustard, catchup, and for the adventurous, hot sauce. I can’t say I was surprised when I…
Christianity, Fasting, Personal
The Art of Fasting
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When you mention the word fasting the first thing that usually comes to mind is absence of food, but fasting can literally be from anything, including by way of example: Televisions Movies Video games Reading Blogging Work Entertainment in general Telephone use Talking Seeing (giving your eyes a rest) People [enter what stimulates you here]…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity, Moses Mondays, Personal
The First Book is Finished
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This is a little belatedseveral things have intervenedbut I did finish the first book in my fictional Lawgiver Chronicles series on the life of Moses. It is titled Beginnings, and takes place over one 24 hour period, the day Moses is put in the Nile river to be found by the sister of Pharaoh. I…
Personal
God Give You Rest James Paul Meisheid
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My brother, James Paul Meisheid, died of a heart attack on Monday afternoon, while out deep sea fishing, something he loved to do. He was with his two brothers’-in-law. His death was sudden, unexpected, and nonrecoverable, despite heroic efforts by his wife’s two brothers and the Coast Guard, who arrived about 20 minutes later. My…
Blogging, Personal
A Sad Return
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It has been a while since I posted anything. At first it was because I was on the drive to finish my book, which is finally behind me. But the absence also broke the habit I had cultivated and it has been hard to get back into even an intermittent posting groove. But that changed…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity, Personal
Moses Has Died
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I have been working on my book, trying to finish the first novel in my Moses series. Between that and work, there hasn’t been a lot of time left for other things. One thing did imping itself. Sunday evening my wife came into the room and said, “Moses died.” At first, I was a little…
Christianity, Personal
Thoughts For A New Year
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The New Year is the traditional time for making resolutions, to commit ourselves to change for the better in some area of our lives. While most of these efforts produce little if any fruit, I whole heartedly endorse the exercise, if for no other reason than it shows we still have hope in the future,…
Personal
Loss of equilibrium
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For years my wife has suffered from an irregular but recurring condition in her inner ear where she would lose her equilibrium. She gets nauseous and finds even sitting up difficult. It usually passed with the aid of a little Meclazine and sometimes those pressure bracelets help. In addition, she is very sensitive to movement,…