[Healing] Fw: Re:[Healing-Inactivity]

[Mcpherson, A. Jane]

Good afternoon, all.  I have been a member for some time and sadly gave
it up when all that squabbling took place.   At my point of reference,
(in the healing ministry for 9+ years, loads of training, etc.) it is
ignorance that keeps the church from embracing its healing heritage.
And quite like Christine, some of it seems scary to those who are not
exposed to healing prayer.  I am blessed to be in a church where there
are active prayer ministers who are eager to boldly pray for parishoners
for their various ills.
ICXC,
Jane McPherson
Jacksonville, FL     USA

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Subject: Re: [Healing] Fw: Re:[Healing-Inactivity]


Your question - the flippant answer is 'yes'!
The thoughtful answer is, I believe (as a priest in the Church of
England) that we have come through some hundred years of being convinced
that scientific medicine, once perfected, would cure all ills. Medicine
is quite wonderful, and gives us much cause to rejoice with thanks, but
increasingly the world is recognising that there is more to wholeness
than what medicine offers, and we are learning to recover the greater,
Christian, understanding of healing. For many that is scary, reeks of
mumbo jumbo and holds the risk of humiliating failure. So I believe we
need to tread sensitively and carefully, offering all that God has to
offer through the healing ministry of his Church.
You ask why this group is silent - sadly some years ago it disintegrated
into sad squabbling and fizzled out. It would be very good if it came
alive again in a more constructive and helpful way. So, hi all, and
peace to us all!
 
Christine Garrard
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