On February 24, a week and a few days after a bone marrow biopsy, I learned that I have a new, and more serious health condition than the one I have been battling over the past four years. In fact, it was the chemotherapy I received this past summer for that disease, called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), that is the cause of my new health challenge. Against 99 to 1 odds, the chemo seriously damaged my bone barrow to the …
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In Chemotherapy, SpiritualityTags Chemotherapy, Christian, encouragement, faith, illness, Prayer, praying naked, sacred, Spirituality25 Views4 Comments Steve
Just a quick post to say that my collection of essays about facing disease and treatment with faith is about to hit the virtual and physical bookstore shelves. …
In Chemotherapy, SpiritualityTags Chemotherapy, faith, ordinary, sacred, Spirituality245 Views2 Comments Steve
...there is also sacredness in the seemingly ordinary moments of my life that, like my drive to work, all too often passes by in a noisy blur without much notice. These moments can be fleeting and seemingly meaningless, but when we take the time to reflect and allow ourselves to live a more examined inner life, we can begin to see that the sacred is all around us. …