Journal of Sacred Work

4 responses to “Alive Hospice”

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   Martha

   June 28, 2006

   Wonderful article in Modern Health magazine!!! EVERY hospital employee of EVERY hospital should be reading this article AND BOOK!!!
   WELL DONE!!!

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   Roben Mounger

   February 6, 2008

   Wonderful encouragement to spotlight the ego – the ego is all powerful in this world, it causes us to REACT all life long. As Erie says, “how to ease the ego out of the way” – I believe I have discovered a method – Michael Brown and The Presence Process. The ego can be tamed and the light will shine through!

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   Marvin

   March 16, 2009

   Thanks for giving “a voice” to the healing mission. Here is a reflection that may be of interest.
   Why We All Should Be Obstetricians!
   The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.
   Numbers 21: 8-10
   Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
   John 3: 14-15
   Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
   James 5: 13-16
   I am an obstetrician (MLH). Most of you probably don’t know that the root word for “obstetrics” is from the Latin obstare that means “to stand by”. Most of the time, my job is “to stand by” while others do the hard work of delivering the baby! It is usually a time of great joy, but can also be a time of great loss and suffering.
   In 1997, I had the opportunity to practice obstetrics at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, Africa. Tenwek is a mission hospital whose mission statement is “We treat. Jesus heals”. For many reasons, the practice of obstetrics in Kenya was the most difficult I had been asked to perform.
   In that setting, the reality of healing and suffering was more apparent to me as was the power of prayer. Before each surgical procedure, the operating room personal with the patient awake would stop to pray. An individual that spoke the language of the patient would offer the prayer. Although I never completely understood the content of the prayer, I would usually hear a reference to “Daktari” and “Bwana Yesu” and came to understand a partnership that existed between the promises of Jesus’s healing and being present as a “Jesus Agent” to the patient’s at Tenwek.
   More recently, a 39 year old delivered her only, very, premature infant who lived for one day. The mother and her family told me with joy how much the care of the many providers had meant to them. They believed that God was in charge. I left the patient’s room and had seen and felt God’s healing presence.
   Whether in Kenya or North Carolina, we are all called to stand by/with those who suffer in confidence that Jesus is present in both the suffering and the healing. In that sense, we are all called to be “obstetricians” – “standing by” as agents and recipients of God’s healing and presence to a suffering world.
   Prayer:
   Dear Jesus who suffered and died and who is present with us in both our sufferings and our healing, help us to seek out and stand by those who suffer. Help us to pray with confidence for your healing. Lord, forgive our sins of unbelief. Help us to be and feel your healing presence. In Jesus name we pray, Amen

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   Gemma Fernandez

   November 12, 2009

   All of the readings are very encouraging and supportive in my every working day

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