Gilda Radner was right. It is always something. When cancer treatment ends, that doesn’t mean cancer is over. The side effects linger, some of them…
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Gratitude
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The coolest thing happened today. I turned 50. The popular zeitgeist tells me I should be mourning the loss of my youth because as a…
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I had the great privilege to deliver the homily during the annual Service of Remembrance at St. John’s Lutheran Church today. I offer the following…
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In retrospect, a hurricane-scarred sea island was the right place and a perfect metaphor for celebrating my five-year cancer survivorship milestone. The lovely Sarah took…
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It’s been a tough year. The list of grievances against 2016 continues to grow: the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando; black men killed by police…
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The holidays are both forward-looking and nostalgic at the same time. We look ahead to what the New Year has in store, and we reminisce…
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I’ve had the privilege of talking a lot about gratitude at my church for the last three weeks. During our adult faith formation sessions, I’ve…
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Somewhere in the middle of my cancer experience, I became an evangelist for the power of gratitude. About halfway through 12 cycles of chemotherapy, I…
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There were a lot of differences between my first and second Spartan Races. My second Spartan, in Atlanta, boasted a tougher course with rougher terrain,…
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The month of March is an important month for many reasons. It was the month I was diagnosed four years ago. It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness…