Pastor Bill Knapp of Fox Point Lutheran Church (Fox Point, WI) delivers wonderful sermon “Don’t write the Unfortunate Story” highlighting the choice we have in Christ to live in the light. I’m honored that he quotes from Shells to support his point. Listen to the sermon here.

Thank you Leon Peek for sharing this story. This fight with the FDA over their approval process is not new and we must honor Kyle and so many others by picking up the battle where they left off. by Terry Frank – November 23, 1999 The painfully disturbing picture “The Scream” painted by Edvard Munch

By the time another kangaroo trial is over, 15,000 pALS will be dead. Conditional approval of GM6, giving supervised access to thousands of pALS is the only way the FDA and Genervon will know if GM6 is effective. People with ALS may not have voices but we deserve to be heard. In October 2014, biomedical

Thank you to Pastor Tim Mech and the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheboygan WI for inviting me and my family to lead a Bible study on the disciplines of discipleship as presented in Shells January 4th. Your hospitality and care were tremendous God’s grace and peace I leave you. 

ALS eventually will paralyze all vontary muscles as the nerves activating them die. When people with ALS become unable to speak or use their hands to write, our thoughts, songs, joys, concerns and needs are locked up within our perfectly normal minds. We are said to be in a shell.There are also ways of living

Shells is a collection of short meditations. I hope it becomes a book you can come back to in times of need and quickly find something that resonates with you and brings light to the dark.

Shells has been some 5 years in the making, beginning with a “You should write a book” comment from my wife, Suzanne. I felt that was a good idea if for no other reason than to give my children a lasting resource to remember what kind of man their father was after my ALS ran its

The cover art for Shells was created by Rob Tucker, and I absolutely love it. What do you think?  Front: Life can seem like a lonely, isolated beach with violent weather all around, but there are gifts we have been given that will bring purpose and strength to rise above every storm. The oyster, scallop