Duane Quesenberry It’s amazing! We pay our doctor to…well…insult us.  Think about it.  The first thing to happen when you visit is—the doctor’s accomplice (a.k.a. the office nurse) gathers evidence against you at the “weigh in.”  She then writes it down and passes on the incriminating information to the person in the longest white coat.  Meanwhile, you are led to a small room and instructed to remove your clothes as, “The doctor will be in shortly.” And soon, a polite knock, followed by an...

Curtis Going Several months ago, I was sitting in a restaurant when two women sat down not far away, and I could not help but overhear their conversation. It soon became apparent that the two women were both United Methodist pastors’ wives, and eventually their discussion turned to the recent disaffiliation of many churches from their denomination because of its broad acceptance of homosexuality. One of the pastor’s wives said, “We’ve decided to stay in for now and just see what happens.” The...