Description
When Jesus sent the disciples out to proclaim the kingdom of heaven, He instructed them to be “wise as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16b, ESV). Like the disciples, we in healthcare also at times face opposition in seeking to communicate spiritually with our patients and colleagues. How can we best apply this admonition from Jesus in our calling as healthcare professionals?
Additional Recourses:
Gray Matter by David Levy, MD
God in the ICU: The Inspirational Biography of a Praying Doctor by Dave Walker, MD
Medicine, Religion and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet by Harold Koenig, MD
Contributors
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Brick Lantz, MD
Dr. Brick Lantz graduated from Stanford University with a degree in human biology. In 1981, he followed that with medical school at the University of Oklahoma and orthopedic residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After residency, Dr. Lantz pursued two sports medicine fellowships: the first at the Orthopedic & Fracture Clinic with Slocum Center for orthopedics and sports medicine in 1989, and a second at the Australia Institute of Musculoskeletal Research where he trained under one of the world's most foremost experts, Drs. Merv Cross and Leo Pinzceski. Dr. Lantz has been a surgeon at the Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine since 1990 and is currently a senior partner there. He has been the Board President of the Slocum Research & Education Foundation for more than 20 years, whose mission is to advance musculoskeletal care across the lifespan through research, education and collaboration. Dr. Lantz is a dedicated humanitarian, coordinating or participating in trips to disaster zones and impoverished regions internationally to offer free surgical orthopedic care to those most in need on nearly every continent.