Personal Narrative: Hannah Corley's Relationship With The Church
Hannah Corley invited me to her church as soon as she learned I was interested in strengthening my faith. Although we never went into a much detail, she knew that I had a rather turbulent relationship with the church which caused me to become really angry at the Lord. She was always very understanding of that, and once she shared some of her hardships with me I realized that despite being rather young, she is still one of the strongest people I know in regards to faith.
Hannah is a seventeen-year-old high school student who was raised in the church. However, she was not officially saved until she was in junior high: “[The night I was saved] was actually kind of funny. So, we were at this retreat at our church my friend, [Name Retracted], and …show more content…
She also feels as if the Lord is calling her to go into the medical field, which she knows seems strange as the media seems to paint doctors with any religious background as being less competent. Even without the negative portrayal of religious people in the medical, field she often worries how her faith and career will interact. She has not decided what particular medical field she would like to work in yet, but she has often been told that she seems as if she would make a great OB/GYN. When she toys with that idea in her mind a huge problem comes up: What should she do if a woman comes in wanting to end her pregnancy? Like so many other Christians she has very strong feelings against this, but as a doctor how far can she go to get this woman to change her mind? She realizes that if she runs her own practice she could quite easily deny the patient and refuse to give the woman the name of someone who would do as the woman wishes. However, in real life this may not be the most plausible situation as she must be careful while mentioning her religious beliefs in the workplace, especially as a doctor. She does not have the power to stop the woman and if she does not own her own practice she may end up working at a place that does offer that particular service. She tries not to let these doubts bother her, though, because she realizes that the Lord is calling her into the medical field for a reason, and she cannot fight
Hannah is a seventeen-year-old high school student who was raised in the church. However, she was not officially saved until she was in junior high: “[The night I was saved] was actually kind of funny. So, we were at this retreat at our church my friend, [Name Retracted], and …show more content…
She also feels as if the Lord is calling her to go into the medical field, which she knows seems strange as the media seems to paint doctors with any religious background as being less competent. Even without the negative portrayal of religious people in the medical, field she often worries how her faith and career will interact. She has not decided what particular medical field she would like to work in yet, but she has often been told that she seems as if she would make a great OB/GYN. When she toys with that idea in her mind a huge problem comes up: What should she do if a woman comes in wanting to end her pregnancy? Like so many other Christians she has very strong feelings against this, but as a doctor how far can she go to get this woman to change her mind? She realizes that if she runs her own practice she could quite easily deny the patient and refuse to give the woman the name of someone who would do as the woman wishes. However, in real life this may not be the most plausible situation as she must be careful while mentioning her religious beliefs in the workplace, especially as a doctor. She does not have the power to stop the woman and if she does not own her own practice she may end up working at a place that does offer that particular service. She tries not to let these doubts bother her, though, because she realizes that the Lord is calling her into the medical field for a reason, and she cannot fight