Denver Christian Docs

Two of the leaders of the national Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Dr. Al Weir and Rev. Ken Jones, are coming to Colorado for two seminars, one in Colorado Springs the evening of November 2nd and the other in Denver from 9-3 on November 3rd. Dr. Weir is a co-author of Practice by the Book, a handbook of being a christian physician. (CMDA is giving copies of the book to recruit new physicians and help them in their walk.) He promises that the seminar will expand on the book not just review it. Ken is the leader of the CMDA in the Bay area and has a reputation as a great evangelist, teacher, and coach to physicians. You've got to come to this one. We are charging due to expenses to bring these two great speakers in.

9AM-3PM, lunch provided, November 3rd.
$125 for practicing physicians, $20 for your spouse (grace for those retired, in missions, etc. Ask.)
$40 residents, $20 students.

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I am a MAN.
I can change.
If I have to...
I guess...Amen

Seen on the Red Green Show, KRMA TV.

What cancer cannot do.
Cancer is so limited.
It cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith, it cannot destroy peace.
It cannot kill friendship, it cannot suppress memories.
It cannot silence courage, it cannot invade the soul.
It cannot steal eternal life, it cannot conquer the spirit.

We had an excellent Missions Conference, especially considering the Colorado Rockies were playing in the National League Championship game. We had presentations by Medical Education International, Missions Ministries, Centura Missions, Inner City Health Center, CenterPoint International, and Christian Medical Ministry to Cambodia--Jeremiah's Hope. Pastor Tony Weedor of CenterPoint sent me this note:

Thanks for the time last night, we truly enjoyed every minute we spent with y’all. Your intro to the program and the speak vision reminded me of Nouwen’s word of Ministry of the Presence. Thanks!

The Ministry of the Presence.
More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball…and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not as simple as it seems. My own desire to be useful, to do something significant, or to be part of some impressive project is so strong that soon my time is taken up by meetings, conferences, study groups, and workshops that prevent me from walking the streets. It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn't be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but you truly love them. -- Henri Nouwen