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Preserving Mental Health in an Era of COVID-19 Health Concerns

As the pandemic continues to ramp up for the winter, even as the hope of a vaccine looms on the horizon, it is becoming clear that COVID-19 has rendered much […]

Parenting

Back to School – COVID Style

2020 began like any other year.  But as we approached the ides of March, it was clear that this year would actually be like none other these generations had known.  […]

FaithHealth

The Opening Act

As the story goes, I was supposed to be a March baby.  But as the due date and the spring solstice passed by, I was apparently in no hurry to […]

Health

The Silent Pandemic

In 1990, no state had an obesity rate of greater than 19 percent.  Two decades later, no state had an obesity rate less than 20 percent.  Being overweight was well […]

Health

The Lexical Mistake of Social Distancing

Some weeks back, my wife and I met up with another married couple for an outdoor, evening dinner at a restaurant set in the middle of rural farmland.  As the […]

FaithHealth

If the Pandemic is God’s Will, Then Here are the Messages He Seems to Be Sending

Much debate has ensued over the past couple of months as to God’s role (or lack thereof) in the current pandemic.  Whether the pandemic is seen as God’s explicit or […]

Health

We Can Do This

As the COVID-19 pandemic roles on, and anxiety increases about what the fall semester will look like for school, what the economic outlook will be, and just how healthy we […]

HealthRelationships

Ralph Probert: A Century of Reflections

On May 30, 1920, Ralph Engel Probert was born in the small town of Salem, Ohio, roughly twenty miles from the Pennsylvania border.  At this particular time (until 1968), Memorial […]

FaithHealth

Look What Has Gone Viral

This past morning, Jim and I were talking in the locker room as we often do.  Jim is wise gentleman in his mid-80’s whom I met over a year and […]

Health

Branches of Stories

On the southwest corner of the medical campus next to where I work, there stand four stately oaks, like sentinels watching over the land nearby.  They make up much of […]