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G. Scott Morris, MD, MDiv
Chief Executive Officer, Church HealthDr. G. Scott Morris, M.D., M.Div, is founder and CEO of Church Health, which opened in 1987 to provide quality, affordable health care for working, uninsured or underserved people and their families. In FY2021, Church Health had over 61,300 patient visits. Dr. Morris has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University, and M.D. from Emory University. He is a board-certified family practice physician and an ordained United Methodist minister.
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Several years ago, Dolph Smith, an iconic artist from Memphis, gave me a small five-inch ladder that he had made from poplar trees, the state tree of Tennessee.
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How did we become a society of complainers?
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How do you get people to come over to your side of an issue when you begin on opposite sides?
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Frederick Douglass once famously asked, "What to a slave is the 4th of July?"
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Almost everyone who lived through the invasion of France, which began the end of World War II, has now died.
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When people demand justice, what are they actually asking for, and why should they get it?
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Someone a lot smarter than me once told me that I should always over invest in the young.
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...is one of the most important concepts I have ever learned, but it isn't easy.