Dr. Buttler's Office

I took today off! Last week was a killer, I'm not preaching this Sunday, and Anita was not working today, so I thought I'd swap days off and spend the day with her. The leisurely day at home was shot early on when she called our pediatrician's office to schedule an appointment for Yates. He's been coughing, having chest pains, and some congestion . . . sure enough, he had a sinus infection and bronchitis! Glad we went!

It turned out to be a unique and profitable experience. In the waiting room were probably 5-6 different ethnic/cultural backgrounds represented. Sometimes we just hear folks talk about our changing culture - sometimes (like today) we experience our changing culture! But it was very interesting to see.

Then we saw Dr. Buttler - he talked more about his bluegrass band than he did medicine. Yates got a prescription for some drugs, but we all got a lesson in music! Dr. Buttler used to be heavily involved in barbershop quartet music, and he still is some, but his emphasis right now is in bluegrass.

How are the many cultures, medicine, and bluegrass music related? Very simply ... the Gospel. Dr. Buttler is a Christian and he strongly believes good medical care should be extended to people of all ethnicities and backgrounds. He said he has lost some other families as patients because they see these foreigners in the office, but he doesn't really let that bother him. As far as the music, he's doing that to communicate the Gospel through the old gospel bluegrass songs that people have loved for so long. You might see his band at Community in the coming months!

I can't wait till another kid gets sick . . . I'm going to offer to take him to Dr. Buttler's office!

seeing the Gospel in action,
Burt