Raising Expectations, June 9, 2025
Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield, Stefanie and Dr Craig Thayer, Dr Paul Hall, and Ron Greer
Guest, Dr. Pamela Pyle - board-certified internal medicine physician and author of Anticipating Heaven
Dear Friends,
We are excited to have Dr. Pamela Pyle with us this week to share her call and heart! She is a board-certified internal medicine physician for over three decades in United States hospitals and in nascent communities throughout Rwanda.
She speaks and writes nationally and internationally on the topics of evangelism, women's discipleship, health equity, healthcare, and end of life care. Her website, www.drpamela.com, is a resource for navigating the foreign world of healthcare by uniting medicine and faith to bring wisdom and hope.
Dr. Pamela will be discussing her new book “Anticipating Heaven”! Our Team will join in with her in supportive response to her wonderful insights!
“Dr. John Maxwell suggests that we “read her book- with the mindset of a student and the heart of a teacher”. He goes on to say that what we are taught “will benefit us now and later”!
We know that medicine and wisdom can prolong life… but only Jesus Christ can save life forever because of His sacrificial death on the cross, his burial and resurrection. (Easter!)
*So, tune in, bring some friends and join us for a special blessing!
As always, we look for to seeing and being with you for this week's show!
Join us because God has a message just for you to clarify and strengthen your life in Him!
Don't forget to check out Guest, Dr. Pamela Pyle's book: "Anticipating Heaven: Spiritual Comfort and Practical Wisdom for Life's Final Chapters" on Amazon!
Short description of "Anticipating Heaven: Spiritual Comfort and Practical Wisdom for Life's Final Chapters" from Amazon:
Is there a way to walk into the final chapters of life with peace and confidence, and with support and wisdom?
We all are living an earthly story with a beginning, middle, and end. While aspects of our story's closing hold mystery, we do not have to feel lost as we move toward it. We instead can lean on the support and wisdom of others who know the path ahead.
In Anticipating Heaven, she offers that same practical advice and spiritual comfort to you and your loved ones as you navigate a serious illness.
Drawing on her years of experience and strong faith, Dr. Pyle will share inspiring patient stories and clear guidance, helping you to:
-Navigate the world of healthcare with confidence,
-Prepare an end-of-life plan with peace,
-Remember your heavenly destination with hope,
-Embrace the final chapters with love, and
-Anticipate the presence of God and your glorified body with joy.
Clarity can replace chaos. Assurance can overcome uncertainty. And love can conquer fear. You are not alone on this path. You are leaving the land of the dying and entering the land of the living, a place God calls home. As one story is closing, a bright new one is beginning.
The Team!
Pastor Joe Schofield,
Dr. Paul Paul Hall,
Stef Stefanie Shaw Thayer,
Dr. Craig Craig Tank Thayer,
Pastor Ron Ron Greer.
Guest, Dr. Pamela Pyle
One of the treasures of my life has been the privilege to enter the lives of those suffering through unexpected diagnoses, disease, physical pain, and emotional distress. I do not take for granted this calling to serve and the blessing of knowing God’s will in my life. Writing, speaking, and communicating with you allows me to reach more, help more, and learn more. This is a part of my evolutionary purpose, stones built upon the cornerstone of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
In 2018 a dying patient comforted me with the words, “It’s okay, I am going to have a good death.” Her peace through her suffering inspired my quest for the answers to “What are the ingredients of a good death?” The ingredients discovered for a good death changed my life and my hope is that they make your suffering a little less and your joy a little more.
I was in my thirties when I met Jesus for the first time. I wasn’t a fan. He had stolen my husband’s heart and I just didn’t get him (Jesus or my husband). However, Jesus pursued me to the end of myself and when I cried out for his peace, his joy, HIM…He answered! He accepted me as I was, deeply flawed and yet forgiven. This is the Jesus I know. He is my Lord and Savior who came to this broken world and suffered on the cross unto death. Yet, He came to conquer death and was raised to the right hand of Father God so that I may one day also survive my death. This is my best death. If you are reading this and do not know him, He is pursuing you too! Stop running.
I hope to share my family with you as we get to know each other. My husband Scott and I share five great children, two fantastic sons-in-law, and eight super grandchildren. We raised our kids with the quote of “roots to grow and wings to fly” and they are each flying in their own journey. When we come together it can be a beautiful mess and not without drama (let’s keep it real here). I love to have Christmas in matching pajamas and don’t be surprised if we show up to Krispy Kremes in our matching flannels. We are a tribe. In fact, myself and the kids are members of the Western Cherokee Tribe.
I graduated from medical school in 1989 and pursued Internal Medicine at Baylor Medical Center in Houston. In 1992, I was recruited as one of three physicians in a new hospital-based program—what we now call Hospitalists. Since then, I’ve spent most of my career caring for patients at their most vulnerable, and in doing so, they’ve become my greatest teachers. In 2009, a medical mission trip to Rwanda changed my life. I felt God say, “This is your place and your purpose.” I expected to build a clinic, but God invited me into a season of growth and waiting. Serving with Africa New Life—as a volunteer, board member, and now Chair—has been a profound gift. That clinic is now a thriving hospital. God’s plans truly are better than ours.
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