This time of the year, the Christmas season, takes me back to one of the most remarkable relationships I’ve ever had in my life–my friendship with my chemo comrade, Jane. In my sick season memoir, I refer to her as J.R. and she is the only person who has her own chapter (“The Trench Light”). […]
Archives for December 2015
Hints of Perfection
In recent weeks several people whom I’m very close to and whom I love deeply have been going through very real struggles of faith. They have very legitimate and rather hard-to-answer questions about God. And I feel like I’ve often failed as I’ve attempted to help them work through what they’re thinking and feeling. And […]