I’ve just returned from Kenya where I was a part of a 27-person team which provided health care to Kenyans who could not afford health care in their own country. We spent the first week in western Kenya at Nyengena under the auspices of Global Health Outreach and the second week in Dandora, a […]
Thank you all you regular readers of my blog for your kind comments and encouragements. I’m sorry I’ve been not able to post much for the last few weeks, since I’ve been dealing with an increasingly difficult heart situation. Mid-November my heart murmur decided to take a turn for the worse and my […]
I’ve recently been called “sensitive” by a church person because of my understanding about gender equality. What? Me — sensitive? Brooding over this comment, however, made me realize there was something more here than the compliment that was intended.
Could it be that I have some great emotional insight into people’s […]
One of my daughters gave birth to a PhD last January. The other just gave birth to my first grandchild, Micah Terrance Hansen, last night at 9 pounds 12 ounces and 22 inches long. I’m in Orlando helping the parents in whatever little ways I can. How wonderful it is to see […]
In every marriage there comes a time when both partners want something very badly that the other does not, or the other wants something else that is mutually exclusive. These are watershed moments in a marriage. The arguments used at that time, and the way the situation is handled, is crucial to the health […]
Awhile back, a number of years ago, I chaired the Artist-Lecture Series committee at the University where I work, and I hired a well-known Evangelical feminist to come and speak. She came and did a fine job at presenting and defending her point of view, but I don’t remember a single thing she said […]