[6/1996] One way my life is anchored is by the question – “When I am present as a ‘guest’ within the ‘religious’ sphere, how do I avoid compromising or discrediting my attempt to be genuinely present with the K-Bar-B kids, with the cocaine-abusing mothers in Miami, with the victims of chronic illness, with the Appalachia poor?” In other words, I want who I am and what I dare to say among these marginalized individuals to determine who I am and what I dare to say in societal spheres (including but not limited to the ‘religious’ sphere). I have not found this resolve very often within the ‘religious’ sphere. I have found considerable resistance to my suggesting that this resolve be adapted to what it means to be a physician.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Fragment -- #37
[6/1996] One way my life is anchored is by the question – “When I am present as a ‘guest’ within the ‘religious’ sphere, how do I avoid compromising or discrediting my attempt to be genuinely present with the K-Bar-B kids, with the cocaine-abusing mothers in Miami, with the victims of chronic illness, with the Appalachia poor?” In other words, I want who I am and what I dare to say among these marginalized individuals to determine who I am and what I dare to say in societal spheres (including but not limited to the ‘religious’ sphere). I have not found this resolve very often within the ‘religious’ sphere. I have found considerable resistance to my suggesting that this resolve be adapted to what it means to be a physician.
