Faith during the time of storms

T Time: Spiritual conversations For, With and About Women.

Faith provides us with the ability to hope. It provides us with the ability to look beyond our circumstances and limitations, especially when battling sickness and/or disease. For years faith and medicine have been understood as competing entities when in reality we are learning that they work best when understood for what they are individually and how they can work together.

00:10 Twanna introduces special guest Rev. Percy McCray, National Director of Faith Based Programs.

01:33 Rev. McCray shares his story of his journey and how he ended up becoming the National Director of Faith Based programs at Cancer Treatment Center of America.

03:36 Twanna asks Rev. McCray whether there is a conflict between faith and medicine.

04:16 Rev. McCray presents that he believes there is a perceived conflict but the truth is there is no conflict at all.

07:34 Rev. McCray explains that although it is not obvious, many doctors are people of faith but because of the credentials they stand on they may not proclaim it when working verbally but within themselves, many pray and counsel their patients.

10:17 Twanna asks how faith potentially helps people experiencing COVID-19 and even cancer?

13:00 Faith provides patients with the ability to look beyond their own circumstances and limitations.

14:54 Twanna asks: how can we reconcile the fact as ministers that good people are getting something bad?

19:26 Rev. McCray refers to Romans 8:28, and emphasizes the word all. All things, whether good or bad, God will work it for our good.

20:28 Twanna shares how she believes God trusts certain people to suffer.

20:36 Rev. McCray discusses how suffering is a part of the walk of a believer.

22:19 Rev. McCray explains the connection between COVID-19 and cancer.

25:33 How do you encourage people who are encouraging? Asks Twanna.

28:07 Rev. McCray has to consistently remind his team that they are not the healer, they are to direct the people to the healer.

29:20 Rev. McCray defines what makes CTCA different from any other place and that is the fact that they embrace the idea of integrative medicine.

34:10 Rev. McCray closes the podcast in prayer.

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