Here are the contents of this month’s Family Newsletter:

• Family Update
• Publication Update

1. Barb has Devotional Published
2. Significant Living Magazine Article
3. Another print run of His Brain, Her Brain
4. Another printing of Alternative Medicine

• Events of the last month
• Upcoming Events

Family Update
Those of you who have been long time friends and readers know that I’m typically on the road between 150 and 200 days a year.
And usually Barb tries to stay home as much as possible. She doesn’t like to travel, loves her home, enjoys her local bible study and volunteering at Mission Medical Clinic, and is very devoted to our adopted cat, Jack.
But this year has such proven to be atypical. So far, during the first ninety days of this year, Barb has been out of town 46 days, while I’ve only been gone 29. Needless to say, Jack and I are growing to be better friends.
Speaking of the church-sponsored clinic at which Barb and I serve, the Mission Medical Clinic in Colorado Springs, we heard a neat story we thought would make you smile. Here are the details from our Dental Coordinator, Joan Barnes:
The Dental Clinic has had a rather roller-coaster month, with some really busy times and some not-so much!
We received a huge shipment of X-ray film as a donation, and now will not have to purchase any for at least a year! This represents a substantial savings.
I wish all of you could have witnessed the elation we all felt recently while we watched Dr. Barreto placing a full set of dentures in a patient who had been totally without teeth for quite some time.
Tears of joy flowed, along with lots of happy smiles and hugs. She received her new smile just in time to welcome her son home from Iraq.
“O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good…” Psalms 135:1
Publishing Update
1) Barb has Devotional Published
Barb and I have been guests on Moody’s Midday Connection a few times. The women that manage and host that show, Anita Lustrea, Melinda Schmidt, and Lori Neff have just published a devotional book, Tending the Soul: 90 days of spiritual nourishment. Contributors include Sara Groves, Margaret Feinberg, Jan Silvious, and many others … including none other than our own Barb Larimore.
The contributors are all women who have been guests on the show. Barb submitted three devotionals, but only one made the book. Here’s a sneak peak of pages 82-83:

“For in him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28 (NIV)

Anna. Blonde, wispy hair. Bright blue eyes. Thirty-six inches tall; twenty-eight pounds, thirty months old. Daughter. Big sister. My first grandchild and the apple of her daddy’s eye. Sugar and spice and everything nice. I love holding her, reading to her, hugging her, walking with her, caring for her, feeding her, praying with her, and putting her to bed. And, this week, I loved being on vacation with her—as God used her to teach me a powerful lesson.
It occurred after I heard little Anna say, time after time, things such as: “Daddy carry me,” “Daddy do it,” “Daddy fix it,” “Where’s Daddy?” Followed by, “I want my daddy!” The latter would occur whenever she had a stumble accompanied by an abrasion or a bump or a bruise.
This was the epiphany I had through Anna: Isn’t this the way God wants us to live?
Anna lives in total dependence upon her stay-at-home daddy. He gladly meets her every need. He is her provider and protector. He knows the nuances of her voice and she knows his.
Her father, her abba, skillfully guides her through her daily schedule, from early morning until bedtime, giving her food, drink, rest, and play time.
Her daddy would go to the ends of the earth for this little girl.
And so would our heavenly Father, our Abba, and our heavenly Daddy—for you and for me.

Father, help me to live, move and have my very being in total dependence upon you daily.

2) A new Significant Living article
My most recent article for Significant Living magazine is now in print. It’s titled, A Prescription for Your Emotions: 8 ways to pump yourself up when you feel deflated. You can read the digital edition here.
3) Another print run of His Brain, Her Brain
Barb and I were pleased to learn that the book we co-wrote, His Brain, Her Brain: How divinely designed differences can strengthen your marriage, is in it’s 9^th printing here in the U.S. We continue to receive good feedback about the book and are pleased that so many marriages have been helped by it. You can order a signed copies here.
4) Another printing of Alternative Medicine
I was happy to be notified that my revised and updated book, Alternative Medicine: The options, the claims, the evidence, how to choose wisely is in it’s 4^th printing. By the way, if you want a signed copy of one of my books, you can order them here.
All of my other books can be ordered here.
Events of the last month

• Mar 1-4, Barb made a quick trip to Baton Rouge to be with her family. The time with her family was a blessing for her.
• Mar 2-3, I made a quick trip to Baltimore to attend a technical meeting at the Medicare offices—then I came home for the rest of the month!
• Mar 9-12, Barb visited with a dear friend in Kissimmee, Florida.
• Mar 13-20, Barb took a cruise with a small group of wonderful girl friends.
• Mar 21-24, Barb visited with friends in St. Cloud, Florida.

Upcoming Events

• Apr 1-2, I’ll do a quick trip two day trip to Boston to speak at the Ivy League Congress of Faith and Action.
• Apr 8-9, Barb and I will be teaching at a “His Brain, Her Brain: How divinely designed differences can strengthen your marriage” conference in Palmer Lake, Colorado. This event is being sponsored by our home church, The Little Log Church of Palmer Lake.
• Apr 10-20, Barb will be in Baton Rouge visiting family.
• Apr 14-15, I’ll be flying to Washington, DC, to meet with technical advisors and members of Congress about a number of physician reimbursement issues.
• Apr 16, I’ll be speaking twice for the Annual Scientific Assembly of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians in Colorado Springs.
• Apr 26-30, Barb and I will travel to Chicago, one of our favorite cities in the U.S., where I’ll attend the AMA RUC meeting and Barb will exercise her gift of shopping.

Past Issues

• March 2011
• February 2011
• January 2011

You can get more information on many of my upcoming events here.