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ON THE TRAIL OF CANCER ONE YEAR LATER

The very beginning of my cancer blog can be found here OCTOBER 23, 2024 (M) The pathology on my bladder washing (where normal saline or some other sterile solution is used to irrigate the bladder and then retrieve the solution which is sent to the lab for analysis came back this morning. It read: “Final Diagnosis View trends “Bladder, washing: Benign Benign urothelial cells. Note: ThinPrep examined.“ Without reading into this more than what is reasonable, I think this is...

The Persecuted Church in China

THE PERSECUTED CHURCH IN CHINA

I have deliberately blurred the featured image to preserve the anonymity of the people in this photo. Worshippers may be arrested without warning in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the persecution they are experiencing is getting worse than it has been in the past. For this reason, it is difficult to know with any degree of certainty how many Christians there are in China, today. CHRISTIANITY COMES TO CHINA As far as we can tell, Christianity first arrived...

If

IF

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswomen Nancy Mace and Anna Luna are reported to have announced recently that committees in both house of Congress will again take up the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena (particularly reported in the vicinity of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.) House hearings are tentatively scheduled for November 13th. Barring unforeseen developments, the Senate committee will meet before the Holiday recess as well. The topic of unidentified flying objects (aka unidentified anomalous phenomena) is getting more attention...

Dust in the Wind

DUST IN THE WIND

We all reach a point where we wonder “What is this all for?”  The word “this” can mean any one of a number of things.  “This” can mean trying to buy your first home and being priced out of the market. “This” can mean trying to keep your kids off the street with mixed success.  It can mean finishing your college degree and not finding a job.  Or, “this” can mean trying to save your marriage, or staying sober, or working your entire life just to...

"This is the end of the third temple."

“THIS IS THE END OF THE THIRD TEMPLE.”

A lone Israeli Lockheed Martin F-35A Adir fighter darts briefly to the south as it speeds eastward though the early morning chill across the Jordan Valley towards Iran. This particular plane is one of the same fighters that attacked a Houthi fuel depot in Yemen on September 29, 2024. The Adir, which means “Strong One” in Hebrew and is one of the sobriquets of Yahweh, is headed 2,020 km towards Natanz, Iran where there is a Iranian nuclear facility. Today,...

Diamonds

DIAMONDS

There have been several important men as far as my faith is concerned.  One was Chaplain Carl T. Hawkins who mentored me when the “scales dropped from my eyes” as St. Luke describes the conversion of St. Paul. Another was also a Baptist minister, Arthur Blessitt, best known for dragging a twelve-foot cross around the planet.  That sounds extreme, especially to my liturgical friends, yet alone people who have not yet come to faith.  It is sort of like the seemingly odd prophets of...

Have faith in our institutions

HAVE FAITH IN OUR INSTITUTIONS

Only two countries in the modern world have a founding document older than the U.S. Constitution. The oldest is England, if you count the Magna Carta of 1215, and secondly the tiny republic of San Marino (1600), nestled snugly within the Italian peninsula.  Other countries such as the Dominican Republic have had 32 constitutions altogether, and a number of other countries from Ecuador to Thailand have had 20 or more constitutions.  Israel, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia are several of the few...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus

INFLUENZA AND COVID UPDATE

This is a good time to mention the flu and COVID, both of which are filling up emergency rooms across the country.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention anticipates that the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or “H5N1 bird flu,” in dairy cows, poultry and other animals will be the chief flu strain in the U.S. this coming winter. September is approximately the month that seasonal vaccines come out, and I encourage everyone who reads my blog who can be...

Stop the Steal!

STOP THE STEAL!

It’s Tuesday, November 5th at 7:30 p.m., and more polls are expected to close in the Midwest at the top of the hour.  Vice-Presidential Harris has 89 elector votes based on winning New England (minus one elector in Maine) and the mid-Atlantic States (New York, New Jersey, Maeryland, etc.) she was expected to win.  The Southeast (including the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina) have to gone ex-President Donald Trump who now has 135 electoral votes, temporarily putting him in the lead...

God is my refuge

GOD IS MY REFUGE

The word “refuge” is a very interesting word.  It is basically a hiding place. Most people have their own informal refuge or secret place they go to when they are super stressed or need to think through a problem.  For a teenager, it might be their room or a friend’s house where they can just chill. To others, a favorite place that serves comfort food.  Some adults might go to a vista where they feel a communion with nature.  Others a movie. Still...

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