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2023-05-13T09:36:13-07:00

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A Trip Down Memory Lane: Highway 61 Revisited Hawaiian Style

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 9:36 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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What do you get when you mix Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” with a trip down memory lane on the Pali Highway (Hawaii Route 61) in Oahu? This blog post, which is about accompanying my son on his journey with TBI. Let me explain. Pastor Jim Sequeira visited my son Christopher in his adult care facility on Thursday this week. As you may recall, Jim is from Hawaii and brings his ukulele to play for Christopher. Christopher loves Hawaii and... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-05-09T12:42:58-07:00

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As the World Turns: Planetary Rotation and Daily Life

Last updated on: May 9, 2023 at 12:42 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

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On any given day, each of us experiences a wide range of motion and quite possibly a wide range of emotion. Our daily routines and rotations can also speed up and slow down. Life can appear erratic in view of the various changes. It’s kind of like the earth’s rotation. This post is about navigating, coping, and finding hope amid all life’s changes, as the world turns. According to an article in Astronomy, “Earth’s rotation is erratic, with intermittent periods... Read more

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2023-05-07T13:24:42-07:00

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life for Holistic Health

Last updated on: May 7, 2023 at 1:24 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

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Life can always be better. It could always be worse. At least that’s what I think. How do we approach life in view of these scenarios? One of the keys to living well and remaining sane amid trials and tribulations is remaining grateful for life and being thankful for any signs of goodness amid the struggles. That’s what this post is all about. As the classic saying and song go, always look on the bright side of life. It’s good... Read more

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2023-04-30T11:59:24-07:00

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Maximize Human Flourishing and Minimize Human Suffering

Last updated on: April 30, 2023 at 11:59 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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We need to maximize human flourishing and minimize human suffering. So says distinguished medical ethicist, Robert Lyman Potter (M.D., Ph.D.), who has served as my family’s medical consultant since my adult son Christopher endured a catastrophic brain injury in January 2021. This post is about the need to maximize human flourishing and minimize needless suffering in various areas of life, while welcoming successful failures that lead to growth. Special consideration will be given to recovery from traumatic brain injuries and... Read more

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2023-04-24T05:27:59-07:00

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TBI and the Life of Faith: Patient Waiting

Last updated on: April 24, 2023 at 5:27 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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My family’s journey with TBI parallels my life of faith. So many ups and downs. So much time waiting. The initialism TBI (traumatic brain injury) could easily be confused with TBA (to be announced) and TBD (to be determined). Every day we wait in hope and love that Christopher will make some measure of progress, no matter how small. Some days Christopher responds. Other days he doesn’t, or at least not in a way that I can discern. But like... Read more

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2023-04-22T17:23:23-07:00

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To Capitulate or Recapitulate? That Is the Question.

Last updated on: April 22, 2023 at 5:23 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

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Shakespeare’s Prince Hamlet pondered the fundamental existential question of whether to live or die: “To be or not to be? That is the question.” One might think of whether to live or cease to live as a Christian in the following way: “To capitulate or recapitulate? That is the question.” This post reflects upon the Christian doctrine of recapitulation and its import for the Christian life. I asked my theology students to recall our treatment of the Christian doctrine of... Read more

2023-04-20T09:19:39-07:00

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If Hell Is Other People, What Is Heaven?

Last updated on: April 20, 2023 at 9:19 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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If Hell is other people, what is Heaven? Here I riff on a statement taken from Jean Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit” to reflect not only upon Hell, but also upon Heaven. Jean Paul Sarte’s play “No Exit” is about three individuals trapped forever in Hell. They are confined to a room that is locked from the outside. They cannot close their eyes or escape one another’s apprehension and judgment. One of the characters laments at one point, “Hell Is... Read more

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2023-04-16T10:42:54-07:00

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Divine Mercies Sunday and Everyday Occurrences

Last updated on: April 16, 2023 at 10:42 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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Today is known as “Divine Mercy Sunday” in the Roman Catholic calendar and is associated with Faustina Kowalska (later known as St. Faustina). She was a Polish girl of limited education and humble means. She lived and died during the Great Depression (1938) and marveled at God’s mercy for all people, especially those who are spiritually destitute. Now depending on how you look at life, Friday and Saturday leading up to today also displayed divine mercies. The awareness of divine... Read more

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2023-04-10T06:57:16-07:00

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Easter Monday: The Morning After

Last updated on: April 10, 2023 at 6:57 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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Some Christian traditions celebrate the Monday immediately following Easter Sunday as a holiday. Easter Monday, as it is called, provides Christians with the opportunity to relish and reflect on the miracle of Jesus’ resurrection at greater length the morning after Easter. Easter Monday is the second day of the Easter Octave (eight days) as well as Eastertide (fifty days). Easter Monday is important given that so many special days in the church calendar took place in quick succession, including Palm... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-04-08T09:50:41-07:00

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Life In Limbo

Last updated on: April 8, 2023 at 9:50 am By Paul Louis Metzger

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In this post, I reflect upon the ancient creedal declaration that Jesus “descended into hell.” I connect it to the early Catholic teaching of “limbo” and apply it to my adult son’s ongoing ordeal with TBI. I also consider its import for other people’s extreme suffering. Today is Holy Saturday, which falls between Good Friday that recounts Jesus’ death on a cross and Easter Sunday that celebrates Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Many people ask: where did Jesus go after... Read more

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