Maintaining spirituality in our ministry is an essential subject for us all, as we are all serving the Lord's ministry in every sphere of life we live. Our 'ministry' is simply our 'sphere of service'. And so our need to maintain our spirituality as doctors is the same as that...
As a medical student I attended a 'Confident Christianity' day conference led by Dr Andrew Fergusson and Dr Peter Saunders. The conferences train doctors and medical students in the art of 'dialogue evangelism', and over fifty have been held all over the UK and Ireland since 1989. To anyone involved...
What hours does a GP work? Surgeries may start at 8.30am and last until 11am. The next 4 hours are likely to given over to reading letters, dictating referrals, making phone calls, signing repeat prescriptions, doing medical examinations (eg for insurance companies), performing minor surgical operations (fitting IUCDs, removing skin...
In the beginning, faith and healing were integrated. The priest was the healer and the temple or shrine was a place where healing could occur. In the Bible the Hebrew word ‘yeshuwah’ means both salvation and health. The Greek verb ‘sozo’ means to save, to heal, and to make whole....
Pam, can you describe a ‘typical’ week? My average week contains one or two operating lists, one of which may be a day-case list. It is my routine to visit the 2 or 3 major cases on the ward, either the afternoon before, or the morning of their operation (in...
Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the Welsh physician-cum-preacher, once wrote a monograph titled 'Will Hospital Replace the Church?'[1] He pointed out the unique and vital role of the church in meeting the spiritual needs of hospital patients. Three decades on hardly anyone would argue with his view. Even the Department of Health...
Some years ago a seminar was held at a conference for Christian doctors, and about 30 were each asked their opinion on whether doctors should evangelise their patients. 25 of them thought that we should not. Reasons given included: There is no time It doesn’t help the dignity of our...