by Dr. Grant Scarborough Black Friday comes first, then Cyber Monday, and finally Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is the day people give online to local non-profits. Here at MercyMed, we want money to be given, but sometimes we want other gifts too – like a laptop. Allow me to explain. Our story begins on Cyber Monday, 11/26. It was late in the morning when a couple of the staff yelled at … [Read more...]
We all Want to be Great Commandment Christians
Dr. Grant Scarborough “Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Well – absolutely. I believe God left heaven for us. He was born to a young girl in poverty in a barn for us. He lived for 33 years on earth for us. He was loved, hated, embraced, persecuted and then sentenced to death for us. He then was crucified – blood flowed down, body broken, thorns on … [Read more...]
Meet Dr. Oh!
A Doctor's Testimony by Dr. Joyce Oh For whatever reason, when Billy asked me to write about myself for this newsletter, I thought, “That’s easy! Who doesn’t like to talk about themselves?” But I fumbled for content, and while I know everyone has an origin story, it was hard to get the right perspective on mine. Today, the Lord reminded me that I can speak of Him, because He is the author of … [Read more...]
10 Lifetimes
“Father, I wish I could live multiple lifetimes!” There goes Anita again, with her crazy comments. “What do you mean?” I asked her – then I hear her heart– “there is so much I would like to do. I would like to be an astronaut. I would like to be on the first rocket trip to Mars. I would like to explore, Dad. Then I would have another lifetime, where I can be a chef. I would go to chef school – I … [Read more...]
MercyMed
MercyMed Garden MercyMed started a garden and we want our neighbors in the Highland Community to get involved! … [Read more...]
Confessions to a Crack Addict
by Dr. Grant Scarborough I saw his name on my rounding list. I only work in the hospital four days a month, so I am not there often. Normally I work in my clinic to care for the indigent in town—but not today. I recognized his name right away. One of my indigent patients was in the hospital again. I read the note in the chart before going to see him. The words: “Crack. Again.” A statement in … [Read more...]
From Kosovo to Columbus
by Jeff Barkhouse, FNP Serving in a ministry context in a predominately Muslim culture is not the logical preparation path for doing health care at MercyMed, but that is exactly the career trajectory that God had in store for me and my family as we transitioned back to the United States after living and working with Albanians in the Balkans for the last twenty years. I haven’t met many Albanian … [Read more...]
Behold What Manner
by Dr. Grant Scarborough He was an old white man living in a racially divided city, the city where Martin Luther King was shot and killed. Racial relationships were strained at best and the only thing people could agree on in the entire city was Elvis and BBQ. But I had lived there for a few years and had begun to understand the unspoken rules. So when I saw the older man in the hospital, I … [Read more...]
Seeds
Dr. Grant Scarborough (pictured above, Dr. Grant Scarborough and Dr. Robert Campbell.) Seeds are pretty simple. You plant and water and then wait. Add a little fertilizer, water a little more and wait. It seems like a lot of waiting. After a while there's a shoot from the dirt – then more waiting. My garden is not the best of gardens. Many plants grow up and then bear no fruit. … [Read more...]
I Felt It
Dr. Grant Scarborough -excerpt from Dr. Scarborough's book "Awake My Soul" (Written after moving from Augusta to Columbus to start a new medical clinic) Yesterday, I finished my work in Augusta to move to Columbus. Can I just say, “bittersweet.” You start a ministry and then leave the ministry to start another. That’s actually not that bittersweet. There is more to ministry than buildings, … [Read more...]
