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To deliver care for those in need with a biblical imagination in mind requires not only that we are well-trained clinicians, mastering the mechanics of the material world; it also necessarily requires that we remember first what God’s vision is for us to become fully human by bearing and restoring his image in the world.
So much of our training assumes that we are primarily problems to be solved, diagnoses to be made and treated. This is a posture that lives as if the Bible begins in Genesis 3. But we are called to remember that the Bible and a vision for human flourishing—shalom—begins in the beginning, in Genesis 1 and 2.
This lecture explores how Christian anthropology and interpersonal neurobiology helpfully form us into not only individual care providers, but also institutions of shalom, all of which become outposts of goodness and beauty that serve our patients and our communities in the spirit and embodied presence of the kingdom of God.
Curt Thompson, M.D.
Board-certified psychiatrist, author, speaker, and co-host of "The Being Known" podcast
Curt Thompson, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist, author, speaker, and co-host of "The Being Known" podcast. He has been in private practice for over 30 years in Falls Church, Virginia, graduated from Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, and completed his psychiatric residency at Temple University Hospital.
He strives to help patients develop flourishing lives by telling their stories more truly, in order to become more deeply known, to create beauty and goodness in the world. With conviction and humor, he trains clinicians and speaks at workshops, retreats and conferences, integrating neuroscience, human relationships and Christian faith.