About Edwinlea

I'm married to a beautiful, delightful woman, and have been for 17 years. We have four perfect children, three boys and one girl. I write and practice emergency medicine. I was trained at West Virginia University and Methodist Hospital of Indiana. My column appears twice monthly in a regional newspaper, the Greenville News, and once a month in Emergency Medicine News, a trade publication. Over the past few years, my columns have been printed in Physician Magazine, Focus on the Family Magazine, Medical Economics, WorldnetDaily.com and other publications.

The heart of a lion

This is a column of mine, published at Girls Just Wanna Have Guns. Here’s the link:  http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/2013/04/heart-of-a-lion/     I was getting ready for work one morning, around 6 am, when I heard soft footsteps on the stairs. My youngest … Continue reading

Transcending divisions (my column in today’s Greenville News)

This is my column in today’s Greenville News.  Acts of Altruism and Goodness Transcend our Divisions.  http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130505/OPINION/305050013/Ed-Leap-Acts-altruism-goodness-transcend-our-divisions?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s   We all love a good story because its lessons endure; it penetrates into our hearts and minds.  For example, you can sit … Continue reading

Hateful words do damage; my column in today’s Greenville News

This is my column in today’s Greenville News. Hateful words do damage. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130421/OPINION/304210012/Ed-Leap-Hateful-words-do-damage?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p Recently, two deaths shed remarkable insight into the human capacity for cruelty and hatred.  Early this month Matthew Warren, the 27-year-old son of noted American pastor and … Continue reading

Easter morning brings unbelievably good news!

This is my Easter column in the Greenville News.  May you have a deeper understanding of the message of the resurrection of Jesus. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130331/OPINION/303310014/Ed-Leap-morning-brings-unbelievably-good-news?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s Easter Sunday is the day we too easily make Jesus the God of good people, the … Continue reading