As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him [Matthew 9:9] Some years ago, a physician in a mid-sized Southern town, then in his late thirties, silently assessed his situation. The Rubicon lay before him. He and his partners had just finished their regular quarterly financial meeting. They had discussed the health of their practice; it was on solid ground. They’d discussed a few minor staffing issues. Most of their talk, however, had been about indigent care. It was far from their first discussion of the topic. Several in…
"Dispatches to the Front" -- a collection of theological meditations by Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div.