Chapter 1 Thursday 7:05 a.m. Jack was standing at the nurses’ station rubbing his eyes, as if that would clear the cobwebs from his brain. He was not used to getting up this early. His “early” classes the past two semesters at Appalachian State...
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With thanks to Barry Dagenhart, minister of the First ARP Church in Rock Hill, SC. (Sermon 9/13/2020) Here’s a challenge. Find a few quiet moments and read the following passage from the Book of Psalms. As you do so, look carefully for...
First, a little perspective. Just last week we watched as two tropical storms made their way through the Gulf, headed toward Texas, Louisiana, and other states. That hasn’t happened in recent history and was frightening. One would become a...
Covid-19 infections run the gamut from being completely asymptomatic to life-threatening and even life-ending. In between, we’re seeing everything from sore throats, runny noses, aches and pains, low and high-grade fevers, and coughs that rack...
Unfortunately, it looks like we’re going to be dealing with the Coronavirus for quite a while, so it might be a good time to consider a few things that are settling out. Let’s start with one of the early “alarms,” and that has to do with...
Recently, the Director of Christian Education at our church asked if I would be willing to write an article for our newsletter, conveying my thoughts on what I have experienced and learned from the current pandemic. I’ve got an opinion about most...
2020. In the healthcare field, that usually means normal vision. Boy do we need it now. We’re several weeks into this life-changing event—the coronavirus pandemic—and it’s a good time to assess what we’ve learned. It takes time to separate the...
“Hey Doc, can you believe that they’ve cancelled the NCAA men’s basketball championship? Cancelled! Done! Nada! What are we going to do about March Madness?” Hmm…If you could spend a little time with me in the clinic, you’d see some real March...
What We Need to Know About the Coronavirus Confusing, isn’t it? All this talk about the coming coronavirus pandemic. What do we know about this stuff? And what do we not know? Let’s start with some of the basics. See how you do. What’s the...
Magic is the intentional effort to have us believe that what we see and experience is real, when it isn’t, while a miracle is the intentional effort to have us believe that what we see and experience is real, when it is. Perhaps C.S. Lewis said...
I don’t consider myself to be an apologist for the pharmaceutical industry, though in past columns I have tended to defend more than attack them. I have pointed out the need for a reasonable profit margin for these companies in order for them to...
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