Category Archives: Small Doses

Brief inspiration. Featuring the Poets on healthcare themes, or when the muse strikes– a poem.

What Are the Sharing Organizations?

Sharing organizations crept slowly into the public consciousness for a few decades, but with the effects of the ACA they are exploding in membership, talk radio coverage, and innovation. Because coverage has been selective, I give a brief overview here. … Continue reading

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Spring in the Woods

Again He gives commandment; The winds of summer blow. The snow and ice are melted, Again the waters flow. Psalter 402:5b a versification of Psalm 147 Spring officially happened over a week ago, and many of us in Michigan felt a little … Continue reading

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First Sign of Spring

Okay, yes… this is a pretty big deal in this year of the most persistent sub-zero temps in Michigan for over 85 years. I’m not threatening to move…. yet. I can even still admit that snow is beautiful. (It helps … Continue reading

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Stood A Birch

Stood a birch, white and green, Such a sight as rarely seen. Sudden the storm, complete the fall– Hollow the core revealed to all. Stood a man, clean and strong, A well-known sight for miles around. One false step–Notoriety! Feet … Continue reading

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The Clinic

  We are not here to save you, But we can tell you Who is. We are not here to carry you, But to come beside you as you learn a new way to walk. We see you not as … Continue reading

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