Morris: A virus alters reality at Church Health
Tomorrow when someone takes my temperature and hands me a mask and a paper bag, I’ll remember that everybody I’m about to see is also adjusting to new realities.
G. Scott Morris
There are 85 articles by G. Scott Morris :
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March 2020
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Guest Columnists Morris: The faith community and COVID-19
A Facebook page will be the home base for this unified faith effort. You can find the page by searching for Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response. Anyone can access the page and offer to work on a project.
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Guest Columnists Morris: Fear of the virus competes with fear of not working
The most common question I’m asked remains, “When can I get back to work?” Without work, no one gets paid, and without paychecks, kids don’t eat.
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Guest Columnists Morris: Put fear of coronavirus in perspective
I believe the solution to most matters of fear is to embrace the opposite of fear: love. This is rarely what people want to hear from the doctor. They are looking for the right medicine or course of treatment.
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February 2020
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Guest Columnists Morris: Memphis, meet a new fellow citizen
At 25, Andrea left Venezuela and moved to Memphis, where her uncle is a mechanical engineer. She applied to work as a waitress, in retail and in day care, and each place told her she was over-qualified. Finally, in 2015, she took a job at Church Health.
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January 2020
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Guest Columnists Morris: A weighty issue
Waking up with the flu. A power outage. A bad traffic jam. The Tigers getting into a Power 5 conference. These are all gravity issues. Nothing I do affects them.
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November 2019
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Guest Columnists Thousands over 65 don’t qualify for Medicare
Norma has worked as a housekeeper for the same family for 40 years. They always paid her in cash, and now, at 75, she doesn’t qualify for Medicare. Thousands who clean houses, care for children and cut grass for cash payments are shut out of the national health insurance program.
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March 2019
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Guest Columnists Remembering John Kilzer: ‘The theme of his songs was always love’
Every Friday at The Way, John Kilzer would greet those who were new to recovery, who were afraid and alone, with these words: “We are going to love you, and there ain’t nothing you can do about it.”
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Guest Columnists A Methodist pastor protests the church’s stand on LGBTQ+ ordination and marriage
The global governing body of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its position on traditional marriage, including prohibition on ordaining LGBTQ+ people as pastors and prohibiting LGBTQ+ people from being married in the church. "This decision has caused much despair among people I love and respect," a pastor writes.
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December 2018
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Guest Columnists Hope 2 Hire is a step in the right direction in efforts to reduce high rates of recidivism
At Phil Trenary’s funeral, I spoke about those things that I felt he would want to see happen that would move Memphis forward.
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