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.
What Is on My Resume?
My resume contains the fruits of years of education. Also listed are the jobs I have had and the years spent in them. However,...
Interruptions
We all know that people are more important than projects. Yet, I can easily get focused on a strategic plan and begin to lose...
Reality vs. Delusion
There are days when I actually think that my own good works will satisfy or that more of this and more of that will make my...
Power Tools: Our Words
Words sting, encourage, dishearten, or sooth. They are powerful— whether at the dinner table, in the car, at bedtime, in...
No Shortcuts
When I bite into an apple and enjoy the crisp sweet taste, I do not think about what went into “making” that apple....
From Meaningless to Meaningful
My life uncoupled from God is meaningless. How do I know? The wisest man who ever lived tells me so. In Ecclesiastes...
Finding a Cure
Vaccines to stop this pandemic. Medical therapies to treat this scourge. We need a cure. Without a treatment we are destined to...
Being not Doing - the Roots of Obedience
We often think of obedience as “doing”. In raising my children, obedience usually involved doing or not doing...
Delighting in obedience
A children’s pastor once said “obedience is doing exactly what I am told, immediately, with a happy...
No Shame in God’s Kingdom
No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame... Psalm 25:3 NIV Shame is a powerful, painful emotion in my moments...
Running to God in Times of Trouble
When times are tough, I am tempted to “run away” in one way or another—sometimes denial, sometimes avoidance...
Hypocrite!
I know my heart. At times it is filled with malice and deceit. Pretending goodness at such times makes me a hypocrite! However,...
Faith Maintenance
The opening paragraph in my car’s service booklet says the following:“Regularly maintaining your vehicle...
Taxi Cab Wisdom
One day I hopped in a taxi to discover that my cab driver was from Kosovo. We talked about the history of turmoil in that...
Maturing Seeds
As a teenager, sitting on a tractor day in and day out, I learned to appreciate the difficulty of a planted seed...
Sin Prevention
Intentional prevention always beats the labor of problem solving. The time, energy and resources needed to solve a problem is...
Discerning the Call of God
At times on my journey with Jesus it has been difficult to discern what God is calling me to do. Actually, the call of God is...