Life Goes On-ForNow

This World is Not My Home, I’m Just a Passin’ Through

God’s provision

  • Settling In

    Looking back, it seems we are supposed to be exactly where we are. The apartment where we live came available for us within two weeks after our return to Michigan, and within three days after we first learned of it. We were told that most people were waiting up to a year for some place… Read more

  • A New Adventure

    After three years in Texas we have returned home to Michigan. It wasn’t any one thing that brought us home, but a combination of little things that told us we weren’t in our place. The church family we had there were beautiful, loving people. They cared for us, loved us, and made us feel at… Read more

  • A New Phase Begins

    Where We Go From Here I finished my last chemotherapy treatment last Thursday. It was both a celebration of sorts and a bit of an anticlimax. I went through my usual routine, and then it was over. Thus far, the following days have been less difficult than some of the previous cycles, although I am… Read more

  • Cicumstances, Choices, and Consequences

    I just completed my third cycle of chemotherapy this week. I’ve reached the halfway point of the treatment, which seems like an accomplishment in and of itself. The week after next I’ll have a repeat PET scan to assess response to what’s already been completed, along with bloodwork to check my blood counts, followed by… Read more

  • Brokenness

    I find myself thinking often about the idea of brokenness lately. There’s an obvious reason, but it runs much deeper than that. We think of brokenness as something negative, something shameful and demeaning, something to be mourned. But consider this: brokenness may possibly be a prerequisite for entrance into the kingdom of God. I offer… Read more

  • Now the Test Begins…

    Well, the easy part is over, for now. The facial flushing and hiccups were annoying but bearable. The past couple of days have proven to be something more. It’s roughly a feeling of having been run over by a pickup truck, probably similar to a bad case of the flu. Tylenol helps a little, but… Read more

  • “So Sorry You Have to Go Through This”

    I wish to start by expressing my gratitude for all the love, prayers, and thoughts that have come and continue to come my way. Y’all are the winds beneath my wings that keep me going. But there’s so much more involved in my “having to go through this’ that I’d like to try and explain.… Read more

  • Just a Matter of Time

    I knew it was coming. My PSA (a blood marker that monitors the progress of my 18 year survival of prostate cancer) has been slowly creeping upward over several months. When I hit 8.5 (this number is quite a bit above “normal”) this past month my oncologist decided it may be time to do something… Read more