Everywhere I turn there seem to be smart people making foolish choices. What is happening? As I look more closely, foolish...

As a teenager, sitting on a tractor day in and day out, I learned to appreciate the difficulty of a planted seed maturing to...

As I was driving, the radio talk show host was encouraging his listeners to call in words not commonly used. A word that came...

I hopped in a taxi last week to discover that my cab driver was from Kosovo. Knowing the turmoil of that region I said,...

Exercise has been a regular part of my daily routine for many years. My smug complacency regarding this routine was shaken last...

The importance of learning lessons well was impressed upon me in my freshman year of medical school. A junior medical student...

Today is her birthday - my first born daughter. The day of her birth is still such a vivid memory. Gentle eyes and spirit that...

One of my bad habits is failing to see God when circumstances don't live up to my expectations. In fact, I am often blinded...

During a continuing medical education seminar, the lecturer made the following statement, "Many in this room need to take...

I will be taking a break from writing these next few holiday weeks. But I couldn't miss the chance to wish you all a Merry...

I can still remember the first time I looked under a microscope. My elementary school teacher had scraped the surface of a...

Interviewing candidates for a residency program in emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University is always enjoyable....

I read with interest the New York Times best selling book, How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman. Dr. Groopman suggests...

Where has my thankfulness for the simple gifts of life gone? Where is my childlike gratitude? As I have “matured”,...

I love to laugh. I don't do it enough because I take myself too seriously. Lighten up, Bob!The first chapter of the...

I was curious how a father from our church motivated his teenaged children to mow lawns and do errands for an elderly neighbor....

In the emergency department, I had to constantly discipline myself to be alert for the most critical problem rather than the...

"Make wise choices this weekend!" are my daughter's words to her high school students each Friday as they leave...

The tension was palpable. The soccer game was tied 1-1 and exhausted players pushed on into the second overtime. I turned to...

At times I enjoy perusing antique shops, looking for old books. I've come to realize that the worth of each object is not...