The Renegade Doc Comments

I had the privilege of attending the Acres, USA Conference held in St Louis Dec 4-6, 2008 (week before last). Amazing time. This is a group of people, mostly farmers or farm related suppliers of farm-related products, whose commonality revolves around bringing health to the soil and consequently to our bodies and ourselves, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  Some, probably most, emphasize the soil and farming; others [...]

I found this article a few days ago and it was amazing how well Michael Lewis articulated my own thought processes about the system and practice of medicine, even though he was talking about his experience with the world of finance. To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me [...]

Having posed the question how one lives in Body and Spirit at the same time when they seem so diametrically opposed, I have been struggling with how it can realistically be done, with effectiveness in either. Here is a suggestion. LISTEN. Listen? To what? Remember – this is all about Restoring the lifestyle modeled in the [...]

We discussed in Part I living in Spirit vs. living in Body and that while the First Adam’s choice locked us into living in Body (Physical), the choice of the Second Adam reopened the possibility of living in Spirit. The question now arises - what does either look like? Living in Body is pretty familiar to all of us.  Get a job, trade time for [...]

When God first put Man on the planet He gave him an impossible task – by our way of thinking.  He was to dress and keep the garden.  Now the garden was bordered by 4 rivers and its square miles had to be very large.  If he was a “Superman” he could not possibly have [...]

Having suggested earlier that “Naked and Unashamed” is what God intended and still intends for us, I realized that it is time to do the soul-searching and get really Naked – and Unashamed – with myself.  Specifically, Who Am I?, What Am I Here For?, What Makes My Heart Come Alive? (as Eldredge challenges us to discover). This came home to me quite directly as I spoke with a friend last evening and got REALLY upset at her for not believing that she had anything to say or any experiental knowledge that other people might want. [...]

Perspective is a wonderful, and a frightening, thing. We all have one. Every one in the world is different. This is pointed out in the old and common analogy of the glass with water in it up to the halfway line.  Some look at it and think it is half full (optimist) while others see [...]

There is a growing awareness in “Christendom” these days about the difference between Heart and Head, Wild and Civilized, Desire and Duty. For me personally, it all started with John Eldredge and Wild at Heart. Finally, someone that could articulate my deep and long-held desire to get real with myself and God and get past all the form and ritual inherent in the religion we call Christianity! [...]

Was talking to a friend the other day and we got to talking about labyrinths and mazes. I didn’t even know what a labyrinth was until I went to massage school and some students educated me.  You can learn about them from Wikipedia or from this link.  In fact, they will teach you a lot [...]

I finished Jan Karon’s new book, Home to Holly Springs, today. You are encouraged to do the same. Get into it. Savor it. This is the first of the Father Tim series, a sequel series to her earlier Mitford series. Father Tim is the lovable, gracious, at times bumbling (?), but always loving Reverend who [...]