From Georgia-
Healing the sick doesn't always require a medical degree, says the Rev. Dr. Talmadge A. "Joe" Bowden.
The surgeon and Episcopal priest believes all of humanity is called by God to care for each other. Sometimes, that can be as simple as telling someone you've been thinking about them.
"If someone calls you up and tells you 'I miss you,' man, if that don't make your immune proteins jump up in the air, nothing will," he said. "It's concern, like when Jesus talks about compassion."
Bowden brings his message on the ways in which religion and medical science are working together to St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Feb. 27.
The half-day discussion titled "Religion and Health: Separate or One?" marks the Skidaway Island church's fourth annual spirituality and health workshop.
Bowden is chief of general and vascular surgery at the Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center and emeritus professor of surgery at the Medical College of Georgia.
He's also an Episcopal priest and an assisting priest at two parishes in Augusta.
More here-
http://savannahnow.com/accent/2010-02-20/surgeon-priest-brings-together-religion-and-science
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