Luke

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 […]
March 10, 2024

Should one pray for healing only versus seeking medical care only?

In my over 40 years as a physician, I’ve had to counsel many patients who have a deep religious faith who wrestle with choosing praying for […]
March 10, 2024

March 10, 1944 – Dad comes down with malaria

The Anzio Beachhead quieted down and took on the characteristics of garrison life. Because Phil and his men spent a lot of time in wet trenches, […]
March 9, 2024

March 9, 1944 – Letters home from the Anzio beachhead

After a long-night’s work, from dusk to first light, on the Anzio beachhead, Dad and his A&P platoon would head back to Regimental Headquarters for breakfast […]
March 8, 2024

March 8, 1944 – Trenchfoot and the smell of death at Anzio

A doom like quality surrounded the Anzio beachhead, and misfortune seemed to loom everywhere for the Dogface Soldiers. One of the most common occupational hazards was […]
March 7, 2024

March 7, 1944 – Rest Camp on Anzio

80 years ago today, my Father got the good news that he and his men were heading for a few days of R&R at at a […]
March 7, 2024

“At First Light” just released in soft cover

What a nice birthday gift I’ve just received. I’ve just learned that my WWII book, At First Light, has been released by Knox Press in soft […]
March 6, 2024

March 6, 1944 – Farm houses and foxholes at Anzio

Throughout this period there were almost nightly actions around the scattered homes that once housed Italian farm families on Mussolini’s Anzio-Nettuno model Fascist farm community. Each […]
January 18, 2020

Older Women

(Treat) older women as mothers … with absolute purity.
January 19, 2020

Stand Firm – 1

Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. … The Lord will fight for you; you […]
January 24, 2020

We Are Found Sheep

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.
January 25, 2020

Do To Others

For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of others.
January 27, 2020

Getting God’s Word into my Life

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word […]
February 3, 2020

The Lord is … 7

(Jesus) went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood […]