In the sermon, you said “Jesus separated the demons from the person. He did not, like the villagers, call him a Demoniac. He addressed the demons and called them out by name. He restored the man’s identity. In today’s terms He would not say to Mary, “Mary, you are a hopeless anorexic”. He would say to Mary “It appears as though anorexia is trying to take over your life.” That gives Mary the opportunity to see how it is that anorexia creeps into her life and to explore ways in which she might be able to hold anorexia at arm’s length.”

That’s such a social-worky thing to do – meeting the person where the person is, seeing him as an individual, not calling him by his diagnosis… it’s Social Work Intervention 101.

Now if I could break my Internet addiction and go outside to enjoy the weather…