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As privileged members of the caring professions we seek daily to pursue our Christian calling by caring for the sick and injured. Illness is what we're familiar with from a professional perspective, and what we encounter on a daily basis in the lives of our patients. When we ourselves become...
When I joined CMF as a medical student in the early 1970s, the standard advice then to aspiring young Christian doctors was to get as far as possible in terms of seniority and prestige in the profession. The idea was you would be better able to exert Christian influence. This...
In the last century Christianity became a truly global faith, as Todd Johnson has pointed out: 'At the dawn of the twentieth century the statistical centre of global Christianity was near Madrid, Spain. In fact, at that time, over 80% of all Christians were European or North American. By 2010...
A Rich Tapestry of Tragedy, Hope and Love in Ecuador Andrea Gardiner Grosvenor House, 2012, £8.99, Pb 305pp, ISBN 9781781485804 Reviewed by Huw Morgan, retired GP and medical missionaryThis is the story of a young British Christian GP who set up a village clinic and child sponsorship scheme in...
Rick Warren, best-selling author and pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, said recently that he is preparing for retirement, but he's not planning to spend it in 20 or more years of leisure. Explaining his perspective on retirement from a biblical context, he calls it a 'transition.' 'The...
Huw Morgan questions the way we think about working overseas. How do Christian doctors know if they're called to work overseas? This question is often discussed amongst Christian medics and various aspects of what constitutes 'a call' are debated. I want to suggest that this is the wrong question. It sidesteps...
No-one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. (1) Most of us are familiar with Jesus' well known words. But how seriously do we really...
Introduction I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing often-times The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten or subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more...
Most readers of this journal will be aware that UK general practice is in crisis. The recent BMA ballot confirmed that 86% of responding GP principals were in favour of submitting undated resignations from their NHS contracts next spring, unless the government agrees to negotiate on a new contract for...
I can claim little more than an amateur's interest in the contemporary shifts in culture that surround us as we enter the twenty first century. Having spent twenty years in Inner-City General Practice and sixteen of those involved in education and training, however, I do feel able to comment on...
