“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”C.S. Lewis The solemn procession could have been a funeral. Three white-robed young men carried a large cross and other unfamiliar objects down the center aisle. Leading them, the priest … Continue reading The Search For Truth – A Memoir-Chapter 3: Incense (Hosea 6:6)

“The longest journey any person makes is the eighteen inches from the head to the heart.”Anonymous. It was 7:50 in the morning. The bell rang, and our classroom rose almost in unison. We filed out into the hallway and joined a long procession of students making their way toward the school chapel. Every Tuesday and … Continue reading The Search For Truth-A Memoir – Chapter 2: Chapel

“What was the moment that you finally felt like you had made it?” I was reminiscing with several physician colleagues, and the answers were as fascinating as they were varied. A surgeon recalled a ten-hour operation in which his patient survived despite being given less than a ten percent chance of living. An OB-GYN smiled … Continue reading What Was The Moment? (Philippians 1:6)

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”— Socrates There are days you know you will remember for the rest of your life. My last day in private practice was one of them. For more than three decades, I had spent my days looking through a microscope. Thousands upon thousands of skin biopsies had passed before … Continue reading The Search For Truth – A Memoir-Chapter One: The Last Lunch