Whatever Gerry Finney Has, I Want Lots of It

About two weeks ago while playing tennis on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon I met Gerry Finney. What happened as a chance meeting left me walking away from our encounter a few hours later wanting what this guy has – and lots of it. Over the past few months I’ve heard Gerry’s name brought up many times. “Gerry is a great guy,” said one mutual friend. “Have you heard Gerry and his band play around town? He’s a great musician,” remarked another. “Hey, did you hear the news? Gerry has cancer - again,” I heard yet another person say. Cancer, that’s a bad word. Especially when the phrase “again” is used which means there has been a “before” and as cancer goes, that’s not good. Cancer is that scary word that stops most of us in our tracks. Cancer, yeah, that’s bad stuff; really bad when you hear the term “stage four” as a preface. Really freaking bad when you hear the word lymphoma attached to it. You may be wondering why I want what Gerry Finney has. Do I long to have stage 4 lymphoma? No I don’t. I hope I never hear a doctor utter that phrase to me. [...]

By |2015-03-25T03:18:54-05:00March 25th, 2015|My Blog Post|14 Comments

Forgiveness: A Lenten Reflection

Many of you know my son attends Christian Brother High School, an all-boys Catholic School in Memphis. As a protestant, it's been an interesting experience for him and a blessing for our family too. Each day during Lent the school sends out a daily reflection with commentary from teachers, staff, alumni and friends. All have been excellent but yesterday's caught my attention given the topic was forgiveness. Ah, forgiveness. It's what we encourage others to do and ask for from others when we've messed up or offended someone. It's also that incredibly difficult process we struggle with when someone has done something to us of such major proportion that we justify our decision not to forgive as righteous. It sounds and feels good but as I read scripture, that's not what Jesus commands of us. In discussing this very issue over lunch with a friend yesterday they asked if we were expected to forgive even when the offending party has never asked for it or for that matter, believes they've done nothing wrong. I encourage you to read the message below but in my interpretation of scripture, my response was "yes." We are commanded to forgive even when forgiveness is not sought. [...]

By |2015-03-11T23:47:11-05:00March 11th, 2015|My Blog Post|Comments Off on Forgiveness: A Lenten Reflection
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