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Genocide Quiz: Part I

by mr mapleRules: Answer off the top of your head; no wikipedia or sources allowed (including other people's responses)! Answers and commentary in next post. We'll get harder as we go... you can just cut & paste th…
You Were Never Meant to Fit In

by mr maple "By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff." - Hebrews 11:21This dirt between my toes, it is strange and new. Foreign, I can tell, …
Does God Kill People?

by mr maple I accidentally let the forbidden phrase, "God kills people" out of my mouth and got an earful about how inappropriate it was to say that. Someone argued that it was our own decision and our own sin that …
Everything We Do Here is Just a Stall

by mr maple There are some cases in the hospital when you can sense the dread before you walk into the room. It whispers to you with words that aren't words. It's the silence in the hallway that echoes between the elec…
God's Will Is That You...Choose For Yourself?

by mr. maple Today I had the chance to discourage yet another pre-med student from going into the profession. Just kidding... but it made me think about what it means to struggle with making big choices.As a youth cou…
Why It's So Hard to Recover

by mr. maple Miss Poppy's entry reminded me of how difficult it really is to "recover." My sister often called me an "impatient patient", and she was always right. It is hard to be patient with recovery because - qui…
The Old Man and the Scorpion

by mr. maple I stumbled across this "fable" as described by Henri Nouwen, a Catholic priest and one of my favorite authors and thinkers:Once there was a very old man who used to meditate early every morning under a l…
God's Suffering is Harder to Grasp Than His Existence

by mr maple My friend wrote this recently in his blog:Several months ago a colleague of mine told me about a case he was working on. Four years ago a 14 year old orphan girl in Moyamba district, Sierra Leone, was offe…
Praying Feels Like Gambling

by mr. maple I don't know how to pray, but I do it anyway.I must admit that most of my prayers feel like a gamble at Russian roulette: something as important as a life can be at stake and yet, despite earnest and hopeful…
Superstition vs. Mysticism

by mr maple A few years ago, I went out to eat Chinese food before a big organic chemistry exam. I hadn't done too well on previous exams, so before opening the fortune cookie I thought to myself, "Let's see if thi…