by smiphilly | Jun 27, 2016 | SMI 2016
Today was a very busy day at SMI. Many things occurred but my favorite part was the church worship. Worship at Urban Hope, where I was assigned, began around 10:30am. Like the expression “one picture is sometimes better than a thousand words,” I don’t think I can ever...
by smiphilly | Aug 6, 2015 | SMI 2015
What do we see when we look at a city like Northern Philadelphia? What do we think when our eyes glaze over the boarded up row homes and graffiti-laced buildings, or the discarded syringes and empty wax-paper packets scattered across the sidewalks? I think...
by smiphilly | Aug 6, 2015 | SMI 2015
Evangelism. So there is a lot of thinking I still have to do about how to carry this out in my daily medical practice. One concept which I had not really connected to bearing witness to Christ as a doctor – because we will not always receive a good opportunity to...
by smiphilly | Jul 20, 2015 | SMI 2015
While at SMI, I’ve had the privilege to learn so much about a community which despite numerous tragedies has been welcoming. I am amazed to look into the eyes of someone who doesn’t know me, yet trusts me enough to invite me into their personal space – their home – to...
by smiphilly | Jul 20, 2015 | SMI 2015
I have often wrestled with the issue of how to respond to people who come up to me on the street and ask for money. Initially, my suspicions are to wonder why they are asking me (a poor, soon-to-be med student) for money and what they are going to do with the money. I...
by smiphilly | Jul 11, 2015 | SMI 2015
As I look back on this past week and a half being here at SMI, I am reminded of not only the numerous individuals I have encountered and their countless stories of trials and tribulations but also my own as well. With everyone in this world experiencing some sort of...
