One of the greatest threats to leading with joy is giving into the temptation of overcommitment. When our lives are crowded, cluttered, and cramped, it is difficult to hear God and live in loving union with Him. The irony is, we can “fit in” regular practices of Sabbath and silence while still being driven by an…
By David E. McCarty, MD, FAASM I am grateful that you published the excellent recent review by Edward D. Michaelson, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, detailing the problems with sleep medicine’s most commonly recognized sleep apnea metric, the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).1 The nonlinearity of this metric with respect to important disease-specific endpoints, such as early death,…
Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. (John 11:21, 32) To me, this passage from John 11 is one of the most poignant in all the Gospels. It reflects the heartbreak of sisters who had been sure Jesus would save their brother — women who loved Jesus and sacrificed for…