Jonathan Weinkle MD, FAAP, FACP

From Illness to Exodus (Resource Publications, 2025 pending publication). 
“The story of the Exodus from Egypt is the foundation of the Jewish religion and national identity because it gives us hope that we can go from being stuck in a narrow place to being free to live lives of meaning and purpose.  This book explores how that same story, and the Passover seder ritual that retells that story, can be used to envision a path from the narrow place of illness to the wide-open space of thriving - both for those who are ill and for the healers that care for them.”

Healing People, Not Patients: Creating Authentic Relationships in Modern Healthcare (Healthy Learning, 2019).  The book reimagines healthcare based on the fundamental doctrine, common to many faiths, that human beings are created in the Divine image.  If both healer and seeker are humans with a divine spark, this should create a completely different level of relationship, a sacred covenant, between the two that expresses itself through intent listening, respectful and deep conversation, and a built environment of non-verbal gestures and systemic behavior that honors, rather than frightens or degrades, the humanity of the person seeking care.