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I read recently that as God's children, we're all on a journey to understanding his loving heart of compassion.This reminds me of another journey that teaches us much about compassion, a journey where two 'good' men (the Levite and the priest) failed to show it, but how one stigmatised foreigner...
W elcome to our sixth edition of Spotlight , which looks at the subject of compassion, what good compassion looks like, and how as care givers and pastoral workers we can try to avoid burnout. Spotlight is a regular publication of CMF, written by and for Christian...
Thank you for your ongoing prayers for the growth of the CMF nursing work. New milestones continue to be reached, including the appointment of our first part time nurse Associate Staff Worker, Esther Chevassut. We also held our first writers' course for nurses last month. Led by Andrew Fergusson, it...
Welcome to the fifth edition of Spotlight, CMF's magazine for nurses and midwives. It's exciting to join in God's ministry and seeing a new work, a CMF nursing fellowship in the UK, being established and growing. We love to hear your feedback and stories of how CMF is helping you...
When we think of Christian nurses throughout history who have acted as 'salt and light' in the workplace, we may immediately think of some well-known examples. Nurses like Florence Nightingale whose moniker is the 'founder of modern nursing' as she fought to improve hospital conditions for the wounded soldiers in...
People cannot make sense of anything without attaching it to a storyline. Our worldview, that metanarrative by which we make sense of the world, is not theoretical, but rather has a profound influence on how we live and work. Timothy Keller writes, 'If you get the story of the world...
Pippa Peppiatt explains Connect & Grow, Speak & Serve What does it mean, in practice, to serve God in our nursing or midwifery careers? It may mean serving God by being a 'good nurse'; striving to be caring and compassionate. Perhaps patients or colleagues will notice something distinctive about us and...
The nurse-doctor relationship is changing. But there is still too much conflict and lack of collaboration; and much potential for quality improvement. Nurses are not alone in suffering from negative relationships at work. Female doctors, especially juniors, are given less assistance and respect by female nurses. We need to be...
Pippa Peppiatt explores the effect of the Holy Spirit in our lives. What qualities would you like to see in a medic or nurse caring for a close member of your family in hospital? You may be familiar with the fruit of the Spirit, written about by Paul in Galatians (5:22...
