Discovering the Center: A Surgeon's Spiritual Journey »

The author, surgeon, professor, and former member of the National Cancer Commission, Dr. Edward Gray, tells of the conversion experience, the profound, inexpressibly joyous awareness of God's presence, that deepened his faith and transformed him in the process.

Recounting his life as husband, father, friend and surgeon, Dr. Gray finds that after the conversion experience, he is more patient and peaceful with family and friends, and in his surgical practice. Recounting his patients' lives, he writes of persons for whom there was little hope who recovered or extended their lives through their strong faith and serene acceptance of God's will. Dr. Gray describes his practice of meditation, Centering Prayer, the prayer of "consenting to the Holy Spirit," of attendance of daily Mass, and reception of Holy Communion.

This work adds to the growing body of evidence that attests to a connection, however mysterious and beyond intellectual understanding, between science and religion. It is written with sensitivity and great depth of feeling in the tradition of Kübler-Ross, Benson, Keating, and McGinn, and should comfort and encourage physicians and patients alike.

Part One: A Doctor Before Conversion
Part Two: Conversion
Part Three: A Doctor After Conversion
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