by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
If there are two different perspectives, neither with incontrovertible proof, a rational man is free to choose the perspective which works best for him. William James Faith makes life better now, and there is the hope of then. James Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson We...
by design | Jun 13, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 By Dr. Jim Ferguson Two weeks and seventy-eight...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
How shall I know, unless I go to Cairo or Cathay, Whether or not this blessed spot is blessed in every way? Now it may be, the flower for me is beneath my nose; How shall I tell, unless I smell The Carthaginian rose? — Edna St. Vincent Millay By Dr. Jim...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
For tho’ from out our Time and Place, The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face, When I have crost the bar. —Alfred Lord Tennyson By Dr. Jim Ferguson You may find it strange, but I begin this Memorial Day essay reflecting on poetry, especially...
by design | May 23, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas When you lose that trust it changes the institution fundamentally. It’s like an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it....
by design | May 16, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures. The Psalmist By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I begin this essay on my seventy-first birthday, I wonder, “What happened?” It doesn’t seem so long ago that I retired from traditional medical practice, my...
