Dr. Bob Snyder practiced emergency medicine for 15 years and served as co-chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department at Brandywine Hospital, Coatesville, PA. and served as faculty in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. In 1996 God called Bob and his wife, Pamela, to Budapest, Hungary. As a result, IHS Global was birthed. Enjoy the writings from Bob over the many years of service.
Submit to authority?
"Bob, please clean your room." These words made me cringe. I wanted to defy my parents. Submission to authority was...
Foundations of faith
What we believe shapes us and identifies us! Each fall for the past 12 years, I have believed that my beloved professional...
Who has time to think?
When is there time to think? The day in the office begins - work to do, telephone calls to answer, people dropping by the...
Who gets the credit?
"I did all the work; they got all the credit." These, in essence, were the words recently spoken by a friend. He had...
Reacting differently to circumstances
I have always enjoyed playing golf. Getting out on the fairway helps me forget the troublesome issues of life. However, I play...
New Eye Glasses
"I have learned not to look through the eyes of circumstance but rather look through the eyes of God. It has changed what...
Truth denied
Recent board meetings brought critique of me that I did not like. In fact, my initial reaction was frustration and anger. But...
Dare to listen
"I used to talk much more to God, now I just listen and learn." These were words of a friend in the midst of the most...
Understanding and implementing words
"Chill!" - spoken in contemporary U.S. culture has nothing to do with temperature. As a slang expression,...
Fear and Arrogance
"You are ready to fly on your own," my flight instructor said as he told me to land. He proceeded to get out of the...
Impressive
"Impressive!!!" -- The word used in a magazine I was reading described the athletic prowess of a professional...
Following Instructions Carefully
During my school days, I often dove into a test without carefully and completely reading all the instructions. The result?...
A Living Hope
I usually am not a fan of New Year's Eve celebrations. In fact, my favorite way to celebrate the holiday is a quiet family...
The Wonderful "Smallness" of Christmas
When we first moved to Hungary in 1996, we shopped in small local stores. Now the city of Budapest claims scores of malls or...
Christmas without Jesus?
Christmas is soon upon us. For followers of Jesus, His birth is the focal point of the holiday. What happens to the Christmas...
Seeing Christmas Clearly
I can still remember the first time I looked under a microscope. The excitement that moment generated helped to solidify my...
An Attitude of Gratitude
The driver of the shuttle bus to the airport, Kevin, was a delightfully engaging man. He shared that he was a computer...
What is love?
The lead sentence from a front-page article in the Philadelphia Inquirer (November 15, 2003) said the following. "Love,...
Are we truly free?
Referring to the war in Iraq, a network news reporter recently suggested that newly found freedom allows the Iraqi people to...