zac | November 8, 2009
It has been a long, tiring week: five straight days of chemo is not something I would encourage anyone to try. But it is over now and I am feeling much better. I had fatigue like I have never experienced before; the other side-effects were minimal. The bloody noses are back as is the nasty [...]
zac | October 26, 2009
As I said last week, cancer is back. I, together with Mandy and my oncologist, have decided to resume a chemotherapy regimen. It will start next Monday.
This will be slightly different than before primarily in that I will not be using oxaliplatin, the nasty drug that causes most of my dreaded side-effects. It is also [...]
zac | August 16, 2009
There may be an earthly advantage to having wisdom, but that advantage is canceled by death.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!
Psalm 49:10 — [...]
zac | June 21, 2009
Some time ago, my son Luke wrote down some questions in a journal he received at NewSpring. That night, he prayed that Jesus would answer those questions for him when he got to heaven.
His questions were remarkable, albeit slightly unreadable. They betray a considerable amount of thought ability in his young brain. He asserted there [...]
zac | June 5, 2009
I woke up one morning this week and noticed a spider resting on the crown molding directly above my face. I ignored the spider and started reading Psalm 71 (per an earlier recommendation from my Aunt Laurie in Flagstaff, AZ). As I was reading, I looked up every so often and gazed at the spider, [...]
zac | June 3, 2009
This past Sunday I was exposed to an amazing realization thanks to my friend Lee McDerment. Over the past few weeks, I have struggled with the idea of having cancer. I have attempted to retain the idea that there is a purpose in this and that good can come of it.
I know that God is [...]
zac | February 8, 2009
The past few weeks have been a time of complexity for me. So much is happening on so many fronts that it is difficult to get my mind around it all. It is as if I have a series of buckets categorizing the different facets of life and each bucket is full. It seems unlikely [...]
zac | September 21, 2006
In 1939 a movie called Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was released. It starred James Stewart and Jean Arthur. The movie is about corrupt congressman and the green newbie, Jefferson Smith (Stewart), who attempts to change all that is un-American. Our country was different then. Before the Senate convened, they had an opening prayer. Stewart [...]
