Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy, is a drama fallowing the lives of multiple doctors in Seattle Grace Hospital. In the latest episode, Christina is struggling with a decision of whether to choose love over career. Christina is currently a resident under surgeon Teddy Altman, who is in love with her boyfriend. Dr. Altman decides she must leave the hospital to get over Owen, Christina’s boyfriend. In a moment of panic Christina tells Teddy that she can have Owen if it means she’ll stay at the hospital. Along with other interesting twists the episode ends, yet again, with a catch.

There are many conflicting ideas in this drama that are attempting to answer what truly the human purpose is. Christine feels that her purpose lies in career and the feeling of accomplishing something meaningful, while other characters feel that love is what matters, finding the one you love. Grey’s Anatomy, though fictional, is an excellent picture of present day ideals and morals. The human purpose depends on the human. Purpose is different for each individual, and everyone’s idea of purpose is right. This idea can cause many issues, and create conflict, as seen in the episode. As Christians, the human purpose is to glorify God, not to please your desires.

Throughout Grey’s Anatomy many life altering decisions are being made. This is what keeps the show interesting. Many of the character’s decisions are poor, and the viewers can see the results of those decisions. Evil disguises itself in many forms. Evil can be very tricky and deceptive causing people to stumble, as we can see in Grey’s Anatomy. The empire’s affect can be seen throughout this show. Desires are met while trust and relationships are broken. Evil works through the disguise of the empire and thought that we should have what we want no matter what. Evil wants to isolate and meet desires keeping one unsatisfied and alone. This can be seen throughout the show in many characters.

Grey’s Anatomy is a thrilling show full of scandal, twists, and suspense, and though it may be enjoyable one must realize that the life styles displayed in the show are destructive and not Kingdom oriented. God intended us to be in healthy community.

Discussion Questions:

1. Do you agree with Christine’s decision to fallow her career even if it means breaking the trust of someone who loves her?
2. How might a Christian go about this hard decision of choosing career over family or relationship?

Private Practice

Private Practice is about a group of doctors who work in L.A. They are all friends and are all connected in some way or another whether it is by blood or romantically. This specific episode was about Mia, who is the daughter of Sam and Naomi, divorced doctors who work at the practice. She discovers that she is pregnant, even though she is only fifteen. Naomi freaks out and demands that Mia get an abortion immediately, even though she is against abortion and believes that the baby’s life begins right after it is conceived. After seeing another woman’s pain in trying to do a natural childbirth, Mia agrees. Addison, Naomi’s best friend will perform the abortion. However, at the last moment, Mia decides that she does not want an abortion. Naomi is furious and marches her into the room of the lady undergoing the natural childbirth. Instead of getting scared and nervous, Mia is filled with joy as she sees the little baby being handed to the mother for the first time.
This very brief overview of the episode shows us the struggles and problems of living in this empire. Human sin is very prevalent in this episode, the fact that Mia got pregnant at such a young age, the way her mother, Naomi, reacts to the situation. Naomi wants a quick and easy solution that will make the whole issue go away so that her family can continue to function like nothing happened. This is a prime example of the way that the empire wants us to act us to situations like this. They encourage us to do whatever makes us happy, and if problems arise, then take the quick and easy way out and everything will be ok. However, the episode did not end there. There is a small glimmer of hope as Mia decides to not undergo an abortion. This decision shows an example of redemption. Although Mia is in a very tough situation, she makes the choice to keep her baby. She chose to give this baby a life and a future instead of treating it like a mistake and having an abortion.
Discussion Questions:
1. What would have been a better reaction for Naomi to have after she heard about her daughter’s pregnancy?
2. What lessons can we learn about the empire from this episode concerning how it wants us to act when problems from previous choices arise?