Not quite 24 hours after what turned out to be a fairly brutal surgery (to me, at least), but a successful one—and time to make a show. Encouraged by my wife Maria, who was constantly by my side and would have climbed onto the operating table if they had let her, here are my thoughts about suffering, humiliation, and our Savior Jesus Christ.

(They had just put a feeding tube down my throat which was agitating the hell out of me and continued to agitate for 24 hours. I had to fight back panic; the taste of the thing was horrendous; the hardness of the thing made me gag several times and ask why no one could make softer tubes. It was this agitated state that fueled the making of this show. It was my rebellion against the intrusion. Not only that, it is my job to make teaching videos for you, the members of the body of Christ—many of whom have suffered far worse than I—and I take this job very seriously.

(It would turn out that things would get worse throughout the day (swelling and pain), so much so that I was surprised the doctor let me go home. But he did send me home, and I shot a video for Monday at my kitchen table in a state of shock, really, supposing that since I have never made a video in a state of shock, some new truth might come from it. You will see that video on Monday. ((It is three hours later since I made this video and I'm back to my non-shock normal mind—thank God.)

I would have published this video earlier, but we had no internet service at the hospital.

Grace and peace and love to you all--and all the thanks I can muster for your love and support. I am cancer-free.