Wilderness life
In my three-year sojourn with cancer, I’ve faced fears, limits, and questions of who I am now that I can't be a pastor in the ways I once was.
Three years ago I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
Two years ago I ended my work as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Asheville.
In January my oncologist let me know that the leading indicator of cancer’s activity went down, after having gone as high as it had been since I underwent a stem-cell transplant at Duke in the summer of 2014. Because, across the fall, I had experienced worsening fatigue and intensifying bone pain, the fact that it went down was a most welcome surprise. I’m so grateful both for the great news and for the fact that I’m feeling much better than I did in October and November.
