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From the Past to Paris

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

“Looking back often helps me to confidently walk forward! I see how God ordered some of my most crucial risk taking steps. I know the steps I am taking now include saying goodbye to the people I have grown to … Continue reading →

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Look at What Is Becoming of Me!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

As has been said, and I quote from memory, “We are spiritual beings learning to be human.” I make a note to myself, not everyone wants a ‘missionary’ to be human. Don’t be surprised by that, we’d rather give those who ‘minister’ the elite super-spiritual status of being God’s bible-answer-holy-men-or-women. That goal for me began to fade out long ago Continue reading →

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After the Brain Surgery: You Learn As You Go!


Today marks day seven since my skull gave way to a five inch incision to retrieve a brain tumor capable of so much damage including shortening my life. I’ve been living with this knowledge for about six months in an elongated search … Continue reading →

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Certainty, the Elusive One!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Certainty. That’s a word that seems to elude these days concerning next steps for me and my un-beloved partner, the brain tumor. Yet I am drawn to the way Paul begins his discussion to the Corinthians about aging and pain. Continue reading →

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A Night to Remember the Pain.

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

I asked Tuu if I could share a little of his story. He said yes. With great respect, I wrote this after a visit to the ICU where he lays, a helpless victim of  a choice gone wrong.  It’s a … Continue reading →

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Master Doubt Takes a Fall

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

It is when the unexpected darkness arrives – or when the expected blessing doesn’t- that our hope stumbles in the dark. It is when we are alone in our little darkness and there is no scaffolding to help us climb to the window and see the stars that we must rehearse our theology. Continue reading →

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Diamonds Are God’s Best Friends!

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

The Lord has quietly been telling me, “Peter, there are dark spiritual forces at work, doing their best to bring you down like a falling star; you need to keep up your flight, don’t fade out of this moment!” Continue reading →

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Reflections on Living Life Forward… (part 2)


I guess looking back is like having this recall…we arrange the pieces of our lives like a photo album and we give meaning and captions to each photo. Most of the mental picture memories are good, but there are some we may not want to take out and handle. Continue reading →

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Drill a Hole in my Head: Living Forward (Part 1)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

“As I tried to get to the bottom of why my right ear seemed muffled, the third ENT specialist mouthed the words, “You have a tumor in the brain,” Finally, I had my answer! Then I was completely stunned.” Continue reading →

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Some Strand of DNA Gone Awry!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

The past few months I have been taken aback with some hearing loss, painful reactions to loud noise and pressure to the inner ear. I took the steps to see some doctors to find out where the cause came from. … Continue reading →

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