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.
Don’t lose heart
Discouragement comes so quickly to me. Looking at the sad state of world affairs makes me wonder, “Is there any...
Oh to Be Like Him...
Recent golf lessons have not caused anyone to mistake me for Tiger Woods. Watching golf tournaments on television and reading...
The Joy of Wonder
I just returned from an afternoon walk in the woods near my office. The cobwebs in my brain were cleared by an encounter with...
From Significance to Submission
Visiting her basement gallery brought gasps of delight from my wife, Pamela. The pieces of collage art were a unique...
Growing Up is Hard to Do
Six inches shorter than my twin sister! As typical boy-girl development would have it, my twin sister grew taller first. I was...
Competing,Comparing,Condemning
Athletic competition can bring great delight to my heart. A football game won in the last seconds or a round of golf decided on...
Trained to hear
Do you remember the story of the Cherokee Indian walking down 5th Avenue in Manhattan with a New York businessman? Suddenly the...
Diagnosing at the Mall
While his wife shopped at the mall, an endocrinologist sat in a coffee shop gazing at the passersby. He "diagnosed"...
The Power of Presence
Alone in the woods! Darkness enveloped me, in spite of the camp fire. Escalating fear gripped my heart as unfamiliar noises...
Brokenness
I walked into the fitness center, reached for the remote control to the television and found it broken. Frustration gripped me....
Wealth Management
"I assist people of means in wealth management" -- certainly a noble profession. However, this breakfast conversation...
Is restraint a good thing?
Overeating. I know the "I wish I hadn't done that" feeling that accompanies the too-full sensation after a buffet...
A Great Benefit Package!
One of my high school employers taught me that "Hard work can lead to great benefit"-- whether loading bales of hay...
Waiting Well
A physician waiting more than two hours in a doctor's waiting room - poetic justice, some would say. For me, the result was...
The Depth of Words
"You will never fully understand what Miguel Cervantes was trying to say until you have read Don Quixote in Spanish. The...
Hard Sayings of Jesus -- Illustrated
On a trip to Central Asia, I met a wonderful man who had been born and raised in Afghanistan. His story captivated me. From a...
Defacing Valuable Property
The elegant remnants of the architecture and sculptured buildings of Eastern Europe left a great impression on me when visiting...
Take a deep breath
I rarely think about the 16-20 breaths I take every minute or the 70-90 times my heart beats each minute. Yet if my lungs...