Dana Duell

Good Bye and God Bless

It has been some time since I last posted….the reason being that this is my last post. The clinical trial medicine ended up having mixed results…until it was decided by the doctors that it was not effective in treating my myeloma. This was my last option, and I have since moved to home hospice. IContinue reading “Good Bye and God Bless”

Praise God for Good News!

(….after fear, doubt and, finally…faith in prayer!) Last week, as I was writing about the Holy Spirit, I was also struggling. And when I say I was struggling, I mean I was struggling in prayer over my very life – was I going to live or die! As a quick update/overview….I have exhausted my treatmentContinue reading “Praise God for Good News!”

Pentecost: What the Heck is the Holy Spirit?

My last post was an Easter post. Easter is the biggest Christian holiday we celebrate each year – Jesus’s death on the cross, not ending in death, but in life and resurrection! It is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. Following the resurrection, Jesus then was alive with his disciples, teaching them, even appearing toContinue reading “Pentecost: What the Heck is the Holy Spirit?”

Weird Easter

This Easter has been weird. Isolation from church and family is wearing on us all here. We miss people and being out and about! Personally, I am still struggling with recovering from back pain and cancer treatment which is making a difficult situation THAT much more difficult. This has been a hard Easter. While pastContinue reading “Weird Easter”

I Am Irritable! How About You?

Can I just keep it real? This sucks! Obviously, this sucks! Cancer, Covid-19, isolation, pain, stress and anxiety. We are all going through something right now. For me, I am just plain irritable! Being the savvy patient that I am, with tons of time on my hands, I research irritability with all of the sophisticationContinue reading “I Am Irritable! How About You?”

What REALLY Matters

I have been in the hospital for a month, so it goes without saying that it is good to be home! I went into the emergency room sometime in February with uncontrolled pain. It is a terrible part of my disease that healthy bone marrow is being crowded out by cancer cells. In my case,Continue reading “What REALLY Matters”

Love is Patient, Love is Kind

Valentines’ Day is around the corner. With that, I thought it might be interesting to reflect on the verses most read at weddings, from the “love chapter”, 1 Cor 13. Additionally, in my last post I was reflecting on the need to love others more. I can think of no other passage in which biblicalContinue reading “Love is Patient, Love is Kind”

Love One Another

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12 Since reading the last “I am” statement from John 15, I have been thinking of Jesus’s commandment to love other people as he has loved me. I feel convicted of how little I do that. I want to love othersContinue reading “Love One Another”

I AM: the Vine

In my opinion, this passage is one of the most beautiful passages in the bible. The image is again one of oneness with Christ. It is a picture of the vine being the root from which the branches draw their nourishment and life. This happens naturally as the branches abide in and live connected toContinue reading “I AM: the Vine”

I Am: the Way, the Truth and the Life

Sometimes Jesus says things so “new” they leave his followers completely confused. Some ideas, even if they are no longer new to us, leave people in disbelief. One such topic is heaven. Another is that Jesus is God. In John 14, Jesus speaks to both topics as he prepares his disciples for his death andContinue reading “I Am: the Way, the Truth and the Life”