Texts: 2 Kings 5: 1-14; Mark 1: 40-45
Back in the late 70's and early 80's people used to think that Dr. Siegal was a little strange. He would spend time with his cancer patients asking them about their faith in God and how it affected their trust in him as a doctor. But Bernie Siegel was onto something. As a noted oncologist practicing at Yale New Haven Hospital, he became increasingly convinced that faith – which is ultimately trust – played a central role in healing. Since then Bernie has written extensively on this subject, including books and articles for what some of his hoity-toity colleagues at the Med School call "the popular market." Bernie, a practicing Jew who worshiped at Temple Mishkan Israel in Hamden, only commented that his colleagues just didn't want to face their own limitations. The doctor offe...
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 "He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" MICAH 6:8 NRSV |
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