Author: John Ingram Walker, MD

It seems that almost all the basketball community went berserk with happiness this weekend when underdog after underdog beat the top dogs. All enjoyed the outcome except, of course, the

The following passage from I John 2:16 has bothered me for several years because it seems to indicate we must give up everything to be Christian: Do not love the

Words have the power to regenerate or repudiate. They bring courage or collapse. Every word we speak will ricochet right back to us.  If words are the most powerful destiny

During the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament both University of North Carolina and Duke fans were spewing expletives, so much so that my son, Brad, left his

Just about every religion contains some truth. Only Christianity contains the complete truth. Let’s look at Buddhism, for example. I believe that Christians would agree with the Four Noble Truths of

When he was 20-years old Benjamin Franklin composed thirteen virtues to build his character.  He created a notebook that enabled him to assess his improvement each day. He would then

As the father of the Stoic philosophy Citium Zeno believed that the path to happiness comes from adjusting to those things we confront on our walk through life.  Health, wealth

My good friend Chad Thompson, MD told me of an excellent article by Marcel Schwantes that discussed ways to a significant conversation. Here are nine ways to cut through small

I’m writing a book tentatively entitled, The Searching Pilgrim : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to an Allegory about a man trying to find The Way to sanctification. 

My good friend, William T. Hendricks, Jr., MD, says he helps perfectionists give up their punishing pursuits by telling them: You have to learn to perfect your tolerance for imperfection.In other

What made Abraham Lincoln one of the greatest, if not the greatest, President of the United States.  His father was a ne’er-do-well; his mother died when he was nine; his

A few days prior to his assassination, Lincoln recounted the following dream: About ten days ago I retired very late. I had been up waiting for important dispatches from the