A stranger In His Land - Ann Matthews Moorhead

A stranger In His Land

While traveling in a foreign land,

    Still Bound by apartheid,

I booked a tour upon a bus,

    To see the countryside.

The driver stopped at interest points,

    And let us browse each town --

In one quaint place with cobbled streets,

    I stumbled, slipped down.

A Blackman, passing, helped me up - 

    I thanked him, shook his hand,

And gave him change for aiding me - 

    A stranger in his land.

He smiled a shy, engaging grin,

    They humbly bowed his head - 

"Bless you, my children eat tonight,"

    The grateful Blackman said.

Upon returning to the bus,

    The driver gave a sneer - 

I saw what you just did out there;

    We don't do such things here"

Mid hostile stares, I took my seat,

    And sat there church-mouse quiet,

But my heart held the happy thought - 

    His children ate that night.

Ann Matthews Moorhead

1989 A book of the Year - The poetry Society of Texas

Scripture Purpose - Alan Richardson

God's Word, though addressed to us here and now, was given through the mouths of men who lived centuries before our time. Accordingly, two tasks are imposed upon the commentator. First, he must show, with the aid of every resource of biblical scholarship, how the divine message was received and understood by the original hearers long ago: and therefore we have tried to sum up as concisely as possible just so much of the critical, historical and literary discoveries of modern Old Testament research as is essential for a truly historical understanding of Genesis[Bible] And secondly, he must show how the ancient truth of Genesis is to be received to-day in an age which, not surprisingly, tends to look to modern science for an account of the world and of man, their beginning and their possibilities: and therefore we have tried in the Introduction to describe the nature of religious truth, such as is given to us in the parable of Genesis, and to show how it differs from and does not conflict with scientific truth. In this way, it is hoped that the difficulties and misconceptions which arise for the ordinary reader when he turns to the opening pages of the Bible Will be removed. 

Preface to  Genesis 1-11 The Creations Stores and the Modern World View 

Torch Bible Paperbacks London 1969

- Scripture,

Ethnocentrism - MCH Odessa

Language & Translation

• Those whose English is limited often wish to speak their native language when possible
• They feel that both their explanations & their understandings can be more accurate
• It is more comfortable

Ehnocentrism

Even though we understand that everyone s different, we still tend to subconsciously believe that our culture & religion is the right one. We may view other cultures or religions as bizarre, strange, inferior or unenlightened. This is called ethnocentrism

It can cause misunderstandings and harm patients by: 

• Incorrect Dx[diagnoses]
• Failure to provide adequate pain relief
• Arrest of parent for child abuse due to misunderstood cultural childrearing beliefs and practices

Quoted from Hospital HR training MCH Odessa Texas