A painful ear infection sent me to the doctor a couple weeks ago. While I sat on the exam table, my doctor looked back through my medical chart with a perplexed look on his face.
“When was your last physical, Mr. Kirbach? I’m not seeing it in your chart.”
Sheepishly, I confessed, “It was in 2001 when I began college.”
Apparently, even for a young person, 15 years is too long to go between physical exams. And after the doc pointed out my marginally high blood pressure and growing waste line, I anticipated a lecture. But instead, he confronted me with a challenging question: “Isn’t physical wellness part of the Christian tradition?” Continue reading Physical Health & Spirituality
First Baptist Church of Wood River 