Is prayer a priority? Or is it an option? Is prayer something you must do? Or something you can do? For me, I would say it is a priority. Talking to God is something that I must do! In theory, that is. After some reflection, I realize that in practice, I treat prayer more like an option. I go to God with my deepest concerns . . . eventually. My tendency is to have the experience, feel some type of way about it, then pick up the phone and call someone. This course of action is not wrong Continue Reading
May I Please Have Your Attention
In Numbers 21 we read about the bronze serpent. As a judgment against the people of Israel for their sin, God sent poisonous serpents into the camp. As people began to die, the survivors came to Moses to confess their sins and ask for God's mercy. Moses prayed. God, being the great teacher he is, told Moses to make a bronze serpent and put it on a pole so the people could be healed. Mind you, it made no sense at all to expect to heal from a snakebite by gazing upon a bronze image. This was, Continue Reading
Let It Go
Nurse: Hello, I’d like to call in a new prescription. Me (Pharmacist): Ok, patient’s name ... etc. And the medication? Nurse: We want to prescribe tramadol, POINT 50 mg. Me: Ok, well do you mean tramadol 50 mg? Nurse: I don’t know what you are asking. Me: I’m sorry, I thought I heard you say “point 50mg” (0.50mg). Then, in the most “matter-of-fact” tone she could muster up, she said the following: Nurse: I DID BUT IT’S THE SAME NUMBER! FIFTY or POINT 50; they Continue Reading