Troy Andrew Thompson, MD

Songs and stories to discover your purpose through suffering.

Find your hope and joy again.


Latest Posts

  • Finding a Lump
    If the funeral director gave you ten dots—just ten—to distribute on the timeline of your life—to demarcate the key moments of your existence—where would you place your dots?
  • Crossing the Centuries
    One patient, World War II veteran Hobert F. Allen, brought blazing light into my deep darkness. Just days before he died, he gave me this 8.5 x 11 black-and-white photo.
  • Smart and Stupid: The Perfect Blend 
    As he dropped me off for my first day in college, my father gave me one piece of advice: “Don’t do stupid things.”
  • The Dive
    How far would you go for the girl of your dreams?
  • Anti-Fragility
    When unexpected hardship strikes us like a hammer, do we gain strength? When we lose an eye, can our ear more than compensate? When we lose a family member far too young, can we gain fortitude, as if we were preparing for greater disasters yet to come?

My First Novel

Two unlikely teenage heroes answer the Creator’s call to run, explore, and redeem a broken land. They are captured by wild beasts, then rescued by strange people; they are imprisoned, and they escape; they fulfill prophecies and bring deliverance. The opposer of the Creator’s plan delivers some hard blows; he gains a large following of Celestial host and even poisons the promised land. But the heroes lead their small nation, comprised of multiple peoples, on a desperate last march to a good land, free of the toxic air.

If you’ve read an early version of my first book, please leave a comment! I greatly value your feedback.

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