Jeremiah

March 10, 2024

Should one pray for healing only versus seeking medical care only?

In my over 40 years as a physician, I’ve had to counsel many patients who have a deep religious faith who wrestle with choosing praying for […]
March 10, 2024

March 10, 1944 – Dad comes down with malaria

The Anzio Beachhead quieted down and took on the characteristics of garrison life. Because Phil and his men spent a lot of time in wet trenches, […]
March 9, 2024

March 9, 1944 – Letters home from the Anzio beachhead

After a long-night’s work, from dusk to first light, on the Anzio beachhead, Dad and his A&P platoon would head back to Regimental Headquarters for breakfast […]
March 8, 2024

March 8, 1944 – Trenchfoot and the smell of death at Anzio

A doom like quality surrounded the Anzio beachhead, and misfortune seemed to loom everywhere for the Dogface Soldiers. One of the most common occupational hazards was […]
March 7, 2024

March 7, 1944 – Rest Camp on Anzio

80 years ago today, my Father got the good news that he and his men were heading for a few days of R&R at at a […]
March 7, 2024

“At First Light” just released in soft cover

What a nice birthday gift I’ve just received. I’ve just learned that my WWII book, At First Light, has been released by Knox Press in soft […]
March 6, 2024

March 6, 1944 – Farm houses and foxholes at Anzio

Throughout this period there were almost nightly actions around the scattered homes that once housed Italian farm families on Mussolini’s Anzio-Nettuno model Fascist farm community. Each […]
March 6, 2024

“Vaccine News You Can Use” for Family Physicians – Winter 2024

I’ve been honored to write a quarterly column, “Vaccine News You Can Use” for the Colorado Family Physician journal for a number of years. Below is […]
January 8, 2020

The Old Heart – 1

The Lord does not look at the things human beings look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart … he […]
January 8, 2020

The New Heart – 1

For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but […]
January 9, 2020

The New Heart – 2

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them […]
January 11, 2020

The Old Heart – 4

Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, […]
January 12, 2020

The Old Heart – 5

The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse.
January 18, 2020

Young Women

Praise the LORD from the earth … young women … Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted.