tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post4577732389735151214..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: Catching the Wrong-DoerKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-90285163646733458442013-09-21T20:58:32.555-04:002013-09-21T20:58:32.555-04:00I was wondering if that is what you were getting a...I was wondering if that is what you were getting at. But I don't think it's that black and white anymore; inside and outside the church. The kind of harm done in the hospital settings is indirectly attributed. It's not as obvious as, say, a medication error. It's hard to prove but, yet, obvious. And some of the CEOs (and nurses) profess to be Christians. My heart was tormented by this, as well. There seems to be little understanding in mainstream Christianity of what 'idolatry' looks like nowadays -that we can't serve two masters, money and God.<br />Hospitals are meant to be places of rest and healing, but administrators have made some of them into a den of thieves.<br />If we don't turn over the money-changers' tables, the people in the churches will continue to suffer, too. And sometimes they are the money changers. We must hold each other accountable in whatever way we can. It's time to clean house.<br />Susan Susan Moorehttp://thecommonlanguage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-35144411789024396192013-09-21T19:01:41.689-04:002013-09-21T19:01:41.689-04:00You're mentioning situations where harm was do...You're mentioning situations where harm was done. I'm talking about situations like Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians 5:12-13: "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? ... God will judge those outside."Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-87557432749679136982013-09-21T14:49:06.641-04:002013-09-21T14:49:06.641-04:00Ptooey. That sounds like an elaborate rationalizat...Ptooey. That sounds like an elaborate rationalization for not wanting to 'get involved'. For example, in my neighborhood a car accident occurred and was witnessed by about 20 people. I was the only one who spoke to the police and ID'd the driver who ran the red light at high speed and hit another car and drove away. The driver of the car hit had insurance and was shaken but ok. What was everyone else's response, "I don't want to get involved..." <br />If God is sovereign and only good, then His decisions about what is morally just is absolute and good, and staying in His prescribed morality brings health to people. Not following it brings sickness and death because, 'everyone who knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, is sinning' (James 4:17 paraphrased). And sinning, as we know, separates us from God.<br />You know what? 2.5 years ago I was a hospital nurse with a 25 year career. I was working at a new hospital and the CEO of nursing broke the law. Her underlings supported her, and bullied me and the other nurses to stay quiet. There was no reasoning with these people. The effect of breaking the law was that nurses and patients were harmed. But the nurses didn't want to get involved and risk losing their income. So, by myself (and God, of course), I looked at the other hospitals in that area and ended up reporting 6 CEOs to the Ohio Board of Nursing for malpractice. It appeared the President of the Board worked at one of the hospitals, which could possible be a conflict of interest. So, I sent all my documentation and concerns to the Ohio Attorney General's office and suggested that they sobpoena the nurses, and to the Senator that founded the bill that became that law. And then I walked away from my career. It was a horrific experience to live through. But you know what? Given the opportunity I would do it all over again. Our works support our words, our belief system, Dr. Schenck. What good are the words if they have no integrity with our works? I believe God opposes evil, so, I will too.<br />Susan Susan Moorehttp://thecommonlanguage.com/wordpress2noreply@blogger.com