Tag: Physical Health

Ambitious plans, intense pain, new perspective. by Joe Hermerding as told to Amy Hammond Hagberg   “Lord Jesus, save me!” I screamed as I plunged forty feet off the cliff toward the rocky ground below. Friends and youth leaders looked on helplessly. At that moment I knew there was little chance of survival. Climbers just…

Anywhere with God is safe. by JoAnne Potter   June 2, 2009. Two packed suitcases and two carry-ons waited near the door. I’d checked our tickets at least a dozen times and wanted to pinch myself every time just to make sure they were real. Yep, they were. The next day, we would wake up…

A deadly infection and the private perseveranceof a husband and wife. by Jenny Miller*   I’m glad I found out in the summer. I wore sunglasses a lot and could cry without being noticed. I would go on my daily walks . . . and cry. Mow the lawn . . . and cry. And…

A young adult shows that physical disability isnot a handicap to the human mind and spirit. by Linda Norcott as told to David Kidd   Born in Leeds, England, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, I had, to put it mildly, a less-than-ideal start to life. In those precious first moments, my brain…

It’s not easy for a person to set aside her will for God’s. by Nancey West   “We will find out what is wrong with you,” the doctor said with confidence, “but you won’t like it.” His words replayed in my mind over the following months. I may not like a diagnosis, but I hated…

by Vickie Baker   The images on the television screen sprang to life, jerking me back to another place and time. Fourteen years fell away as I saw myself standing on a pedestal twenty-five feet above the ground, reaching for a bar when it swung toward me. The sudden, all-too-familiar fear made me punch the…

How much do you know about diabetes? by Lynne Stamm   I was sitting in my doctor’s office waiting for results from routine blood work. My primary care doctor came into the room, sat down at her computer, and briefly scanned my information. Swiveling on her chair, she turned to me and said, “So, we…

by Margaret Saylar   Mark O’Brien depends on an iron lung for breathing, which he has done for 42 years. Yet while restricted to his apartment most of the time, he writes poetry and books. In 1997 the film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien won an Oscar. Before he became ill…