authormrmaple | revelife Tags

Weblog » Tags » authormrmaple (all)

Celibacy: Gift or Curse?

by mr maple I couldn't help but notice how popular the posts about romance and dating are on Revelife, so I'll join the bandwagon by talking about.... celibacy! Woohoo!No? The thought of being decidedly single forever…
My Close Friend Died....And Now I'm Dealing With It

by mr maple Even as Christians, it is hard to deal with death. Even though we know in our hearts and minds that those we lose have gone on to a place of unimaginable beauty and joy where their tears and suffering are…
Hell, Predestination, and Other Taboo Topics

by mr maple Hell is no longer as popular of a topic as it used to be. Gone are the days of fire and brimstone messages about "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (c.f. Jonathan Edwards). A very large part of me is r…
God Heals With a Knife - Stop Complaining

by mr maple The cranky patient sitting in bed glared at our surgical team of residents and students, who were this close to glaring back. She had been admitted to the hospital for a fairly routine operation that should…
How God Made A Grown Man Cry

by mr. maple Four days after the biggest and last exam of second year found me free of my academic obligations. I still don't know if it was coincidence that my new iPod was out of batteries, that those old sermon tapes …
Can You Hate Sexual Abuse While Loving the Abuser?

by mr maple In an earlier post, I mentioned a story about a prostitute that had been selling her 2 year-old daughter for sex in order to keep up with her drug addiction. The gist of the entry was that the woman felt th…
At a Loss of Words For Poverty and Disease

by mr maple He spoke with a thick eastern European accent and his eyes were laced with the look of regret. "Tell me. What should I do?" I held the blood pressure cuff limply and smiled weakly. The stethoscope was st…
Are There Enough Prostitutes At Your Church?

by mr. maple "I told a story in my book The Jesus I Never Knew, a true story that long afterward continued to haunt me. I heard it from a friend who works with the down-and-out in Chicago:'A prostitute came to me in wr…
Meet Mr. Maple!

Revelifers please welcome our newest writer Mr. Maple!Mr. Maple, Piscataway, NJAge: 25 Occupation: Medical student About me: I grew up as the nerdy sort of Asian American kid that people liked to pick on in the locker ro…
Is God Worth It?

by mr. maple "Do you know what you are getting yourself into?"On the first day of my third year in medical school, I thought about exactly what it was I had signed up for: nearly ten years of costly and brutal education…