Learning From Judson
What I Know
There is a sense in which everything important that I know, I know because of Lew and Judson: Because of my sons I know pain and joy I know the...
Dreams
A Glimpse into Heaven
I’m not sure even how to talk about it. I wasn’t dreaming. I was wide awake. It wasn’t exactly a daydream. I guess it was a vision. When I try...
Learning From Lew
GRIEF BURSTS............February 4, 2011
Shortly after I went to work at the hospice where I am a chaplain, I learned about “grief bursts” from the Bereavement Coordinator. I hadn’t heard the definition but I...
Art
Visual Biography
In 2010 I was invited to present a program at “Sweet Spring Splendor,” a dessert fellowship planned by the Women’s Ministry Committee of First Baptist Church of College Station, Texas....
Learning From Judson
Learning From One Another: Lew and Judson
I’ll never forget the first day I knew Judson was going to be alright. Lew was sitting in his first child-sized wheelchair in the family room of our Campbellsville, Kentucky...
Art
The Angel of Transition
Angel: Hello, Lew. Lew Hi! Do I know you? You look familiar… A: I’ve been around. You’ve probably seen me before but we’ve never met officially. L: But you know my...
Learning From Judson
The Given Companion
The Given Companion “How do you expect to get to the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man’s city?” Thomas Merton said. I imagine...
Learning From Lew
Art and Healing: A Personal Reflection
After Lew died in 1998, I did a series of pen and ink drawings as my self-prescribed art therapy. In 1999 I met Chris Hammond, editor of the Wayne E....
Learning From Lew
The Day Lew Died
The Day Lew Died: February 4, 1998, 5:30 p.m. “Your son, Lew, is very seriously ill. We need for you to come to the hospital.” It is a female doctor...