{"id":2831,"date":"2015-08-29T15:40:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2015-08-29T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T20:41:32","slug":"meeting-patients-where-they-are-a-further-report-from-grace-prescriptions-third-in-a-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/2015\/08\/meeting-patients-where-they-are-a-further-report-from-grace-prescriptions-third-in-a-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting patients where they are: a further report from Grace Prescriptions (third in a series)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Read more about the conference here:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. How to write a Grace Prescription<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. 10 things I learned at Grace Prescriptions<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u2019m almost at the end of my time with the roomful of medical professionals at Grace Prescriptions<\/a>, and I have a lot to chew on (and I don\u2019t just mean the chocolate: we\u2019ve all been fed within an inch of our lives!)<\/p>\n

    Last night<\/a> focused on making the theological, Biblical, and scientific cases for the intersection of faith and medicine.\u00a0 Today was much more practical, talking to the doctors present about how they could use \u201cfaith flags\u201d (subtle comments about the role of faith in their own lives), \u201cfaith stories\u201d (telling brief <\/em>stories about their own religious experiences) and \u201cfaith prescriptions\u201d (encouraging prayer, Scripture reading, or other spiritual practices, especially to patients who are already Christian believers). Serious attention was also given to the role of prayer in medical practice; praying for patients and (with <\/em>permission) praying with patients, especially at serious moments in their medical lives (serious illness, birth of a child, and the like.)<\/p>\n

    I actually found these approaches helpful as a religious professional too. People in my line of work, whether that\u2019s my line of work as a journalist or as a pastor<\/a>, are good at talking to people. We\u2019re not always so good at listening. (At least I\u2019m not.) It is good and wise to remember that God is working in people\u2019s lives before we meet them and after we pass by, and that the most powerful witness we can make to God\u2019s power to change lives is not preaching a sermon, but actually living a changed life and a joyful life in front of them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    For someone who is (as I said in my last post) a good mainliner, <\/a>and a good Wesleyan-Arminian to boot, I felt there was more attention paid to the process of leading people to Christ\u2013although that attention was given with clear nuance and attention to the way evangelism is a process and not simply a transaction\u2013than attention paid to how medical professionals should interact with patients who are already<\/em> Christians but who need help integrating that faith with the confusing maze of modern medicine.<\/p>\n

    The cycle of evangelism presented to help medical professionals consider whether they were planting, cultivating, harvesting, or multiplying the seed of the gospel did <\/em>give a place to the act of multiplying and making disciples, but the bulk of the attention today seemed to be focused on leading patients to Christ. There\u2019s a whole other conference to be had\u2013or at least a whole other slant on this material\u2013on how healthcare professionals can walk alongside those of us who have already been walking with Christ.\u00a0 On the whole, I did feel the presence of the Reformed presuppositions that run through much of the faith and work movement\u2013the strong cleavage between unbelievers and believers, between what has been redeemed and what has not been, that seems to be assumed, even as it is acknowledged that common grace works among unbelievers and that we ought not to make distinctions between sacred and secular<\/a>. (My response the first time I heard that last point argued: \u201cDuh, prevenient grace<\/a>!\u201d)<\/p>\n

    Be that as it may, I was still encouraged by the experience\u2013and especially by the constant calls to prayer, sensitivity, and attentiveness to the role of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Knowing that the 12 health professionals I met with are going out into the world with a renewed desire to pray for healing and peace in troubled times, and with troubled people, strikes me as a very good thing.\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping to follow up with a few of them over the next weeks and months. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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