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“The Lord is my Shephard, I shall not want.”

I wasted so much time worrying, so many sleepless nights roiled by anxiety. Earthly events: war, politics, the innocent suffering, the decay of the natural world. Closer to home: the decline of my aging body, financial insecurity and the uncertain prospects of our children . . .

I have little or no control over these things, but all fall under your authority.

You never promised us an easy life—didn’t have one yourself. But you did promise nothing on earth can turn aside your desire for us to spend eternity by your side.  

Command me, as you once did your apostles, not to worry.

Send your Holy Spirit into my heart to replace my earthly anxiety. Give me Faith.

I should fear only one thing: disappointing You.

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Thank you Father for the mysteries of the universe, this verdant planet, my comfortable home, my beautiful family, the people I work with, friends and neighbors.

Thank you for all the experiences of my life, all the opportunities to learn, to help each other.

Thank you for revealing yourself to me and bringing me purpose, down to the smallest details of my life, those things no one sees but you.

Thank you Jesus, for your sacrifice to make me worthy to receive God’s love and for saving a place for me at your table in paradise.

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A memoir and devotional by
Robert Anthony Raschke MD

[Previously published as "One Hundred Prayers" under the pen name Anthony Eckshar MD]

On March 20, 2020, anticipating the struggle of a lifetime against Covid pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where I worked, I resolved to say a prayer a day for a hundred days.  Over the next two years, my partners and I witnessed the deaths of over 400 patients from Covid pneumonia despite the highest levels of life support we could provide.  I survived the fear, exhaustion, dehumanization and anger I experienced along the way only through my commitment to prayer.  In this book, I record 272 of these prayers and the story of what happened to our patients, their families and our ICU team.  I learned that the only thing required to receive the gift of faith is to pray for it, and that even a regular person like me can call forth miracles in God’s name.

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  • "Dr. Eckshar bears witness to the transformative power of prayer, in himself and those around him."

    Shannon David RN

  • "This is a wonderfully humanizing account of the spirituality of a healer, who keeps his faith and his commitment to compassionate care of patients despite sometimes insurmountable odds."

    Jennifer Hartmark-Hill, MD

  • "Dr Eckshar poignantly shows in his memoirs that prayers are not only always answered through obvious miracles, but through the love of friends and family."

    Manoj Mathew, MD

  • "This book is the emotional reveal of how one ICU doctor used his faith in God to survive the grueling and dangerous Covid pandemic that threatened his very life and soul."

    Ann Street

  • "This book will open your eyes to the unimaginable hardships endured by the patients, their families and most especially the healthcare workers."

    Paul Stander, MD

  • "Thank you for giving me permission to start the healing process. I laughed, smiled, and cried."

    Sharman Teeter, RN

  • "A devout person can read this as a prayer devotional; however, it is much more - an authentic account of what doctors and nurses go through working in the ICU."

    Rick Robbins MD
    Chief Editor, Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep

  • "I hope many people take the opportunity to read your book. It demonstrates that people of science can also be people of faith."

    Susan Stander

About Anthony Eckshar MD

Anthony Eckshar MD has been practicing Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine in Arizona since 1986. He is happily married for 39 years with two adult children. Anthony teaches Critical Care Medicine to medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix AZ.

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Written throughout one of the darkest periods of recent American history, 100 Prayers shows what courage, connection, and faith can enable us to achieve no matter the challenge.

Dr. Eckshar takes us through the harrowing stories of an ICU responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also sharing the prayers that gave him hope amongst the heartbreak.

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