One person’s inspiration can be another person’s undoing. My regular readers and listeners know I draw deep insight, and comfort, from the Exodus story. But what about people who know they are never getting out of their narrow places? Do they find that narrative uplifting, mocking, or just crushing?
On Dr. Tyler Johnson’s podcast, The Doctor’s Art, he asks me that very question. Judge for yourself whether I did a good job of answering it. I certainly found the attempt humbling and gratifying at the same time. We covered a lot of ground: why I don’t see the “science vs. religion” divide quite as starkly as some others; why I think religion is actually the source of a lot of the good we do in modern medicine; what one lesson I might teach other physicians from the Exodus story; and why the main reason I ended up in Med-Peds and in primary care is just plain indecision. Have a listen.
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