Ephesians

March 17, 2024

March 17, 1944 – Dad’s first medal of valor caused Mount Vesuvius to blow her top

Well, not really. But the two events occurred in close proximity to each other. Phil’s first medal of valor was the Silver Star the Army’s third […]
March 16, 2024

March 16, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 2)

“No soldier in any of our theaters of operations is better acquainted with this war than is the Infantryman, and no Infantryman knows war more intimately […]
March 15, 2024

March 15, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 1)

“In every battle, the last one hundred yards of the fight belongs to the Infantry. Armed with rifle and bayonet, Infantrymen must face and defeat the […]
March 14, 2024

March 14, 1944 – Skirmishes increase on the Anzio front line

The countless stone houses of standard design lined the few roads across the Anzio beachhead. To the front of Dad’s units the stone farm houses were […]
March 13, 2024

March 13, 1944 – Stories of Army nurses in WWII that will swell your heart

While writing the early drafts of my book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse, […]
March 13, 2024

Largest COVID vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk? True or false?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/02/19/covid-vaccines-linked-to-small-increase-in-heart-and-brain-disorders-study-finds-but-risk-from-infection-is-far-higher/?sh=6a31bf5c60ffA dear friend was deeply alarmed by this recent news headline, “Largest Covid vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk.” He wrote, “I […]
March 12, 2024

March 12, 1944 – Dad’s admiration for the amazing Army nurses

While still an inpatient at the field hospital on the Anzio beachhead, Dad wrote home and expressed great admiration for the nurses there.
March 11, 2024

March 11, 1944 – Hospitalized on Anzio with malaria

After dinner that evening at the field hospital on the Anzio beachhead, Second Lieutenant Phil Larimore, who had been hospitalized with malaria, felt well enough to […]
December 2, 2019

The Lord’s mercy is trustworthy

O Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. … Turn to me and have mercy on me, as […]
December 5, 2019

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters

I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. … He lifted me […]
December 5, 2019

Put on the new self which is being renewed

We were buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, […]
December 7, 2019

Join with me in suffering

Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. … Join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.
December 8, 2019

After you have suffered a little while God will himself restore you and make you strong

The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and […]
December 10, 2019

On what are you basing your confidence?

You have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. … The LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from […]