By MIKE PATRICK When L. Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz, I doubt that he had the famous love chapter (1 Corinthians 13) in mind, but an uncanny parallel exists between the two. In his book, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, meet three interesting characters on their journey down the yellow brick road—the Tinman, the Scarecrow, and the Lion.

By MIKE PATRICK When I joined the chaplain’s staff at Hendrick Medical Center in 1990, part of my first assignment was to work with the patients on the Stress Unit, a non-lock up psychiatric floor. One of the terms used by various mental health professionals was “emotional focus.” In essence, it meant that a person becomes like what he or

By DANNY MINTON When I was in elementary school, my mother planted a peach tree in our backyard. That was the time when during the summer months all the kids played outside in either your yard or some neighbor’s yard. Ours was no different. It was a football field, baseball field, and golf course. There were clotheslines with Yellow Jacket