MCO report
Bryan Stoudt sent the following report from last night's discussion panel at Drexel Med:
"Death and Dying from a Patient's Perspective"
The event, without question, was a great success. Our speaker, Dr. Paul Tripp, did a great job presenting the gospel in a way that was understandable, concise and yet addressed concerns specific to the medical students who came. He also engaged the audience personally in a way the other speakers did not.
As an example, at one point a student asked the panelists what these future physicians should say to a child dying from a terminal illness. You could almost feel the tension and anticipation mount in the space between the question and first response!
Dr. Tripp's answer was wonderful and vivid. He shared about the brokenness of this life, then moved on to talk about the way he used to speak to his young children when they didn't understand what he was telling them to do. He would get down on one knee, remind them of his love for them, and then tell them they simply had to trust in his love, even though it didn't seem to make sense. This, he said, is the sort of trust young patients need to have in their Heavenly Father and Savior when they must face death. He then encouraged future physicians to make moments like these more "human" than "clinical". This was truly a moment when the gospel shone brightly besides other ultimately hopeless alternatives!
Please continue to pray for Drexel's campus in the weeks ahead. The most immediate need is for the fellowship to follow-up with their classmates who attended. This is difficult because the semester becomes very, very intense for the rest of the year, making even casual conversations more costly than usual. Let's pray, then, that God blesses the Christian students not only with opportunities to engage their unbelieving classmates, but also with such a compelling vision of his mercy and grace that they will eagerly, though wisely, seize the opportunities God presents.
"Death and Dying from a Patient's Perspective"
The event, without question, was a great success. Our speaker, Dr. Paul Tripp, did a great job presenting the gospel in a way that was understandable, concise and yet addressed concerns specific to the medical students who came. He also engaged the audience personally in a way the other speakers did not.
As an example, at one point a student asked the panelists what these future physicians should say to a child dying from a terminal illness. You could almost feel the tension and anticipation mount in the space between the question and first response!
Dr. Tripp's answer was wonderful and vivid. He shared about the brokenness of this life, then moved on to talk about the way he used to speak to his young children when they didn't understand what he was telling them to do. He would get down on one knee, remind them of his love for them, and then tell them they simply had to trust in his love, even though it didn't seem to make sense. This, he said, is the sort of trust young patients need to have in their Heavenly Father and Savior when they must face death. He then encouraged future physicians to make moments like these more "human" than "clinical". This was truly a moment when the gospel shone brightly besides other ultimately hopeless alternatives!
Please continue to pray for Drexel's campus in the weeks ahead. The most immediate need is for the fellowship to follow-up with their classmates who attended. This is difficult because the semester becomes very, very intense for the rest of the year, making even casual conversations more costly than usual. Let's pray, then, that God blesses the Christian students not only with opportunities to engage their unbelieving classmates, but also with such a compelling vision of his mercy and grace that they will eagerly, though wisely, seize the opportunities God presents.
posted by Christiana at 3/21/2007 04:48:00 PM
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