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local groups : CMF in Galway, God's way (nucleus - summer 2018)

Arriving in Galway to pursue medicine fulfilled a dream, but nothing had prepared me for what was to come. Having found a new church and CU, both warm and welcoming, I hungered for something more. I wanted literature to fulfil my needs as a Christian in medicine. I found CMF...

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crossing cultures: 18 delegates, 1 mission (nucleus - summer 2018)

The Sydenham (SYD) Conference brings together students and junior doctors from across the world, and has been run by CMF since the 1990s. Named after 'English Hippocrates', Dr Thomas Sydenham (who described the eponymous chorea), the conference equips delegates to lead Christian medical groups through Bible teaching, fellowship, and specific...

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my trip to...the CMF Student Conference (nucleus - summer 2018)

'When we find faith, it involves following the call of the God of mission and becoming participants in it' Paul Bendor-Samuel February 2018 saw 350 students gather at Yarnfield Park in Staffordshire for the CMF Student Conference. The Bible talks were given by Dr Paul Bendor-Samuel, the medically-qualified Executive Director of...

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mad moments: look before you leap (nucleus - summer 2018)

Comedian Tim Hawkins has a wonderful musical video including the line, 'If you're a man who wants to live a long and happy life, these are the things you don't say to your wife'. It gives an arguably helpful guide to keeping one's spouse happy. In similar vein, here is...

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distinctives: when not to work (nucleus - summer 2018)

Christian medics have better reason for hard work than most - working both for the glory of God and the good of our neighbour. In Luke 4:18-19 Jesus says, '"The Spirit of the Lord is on me… He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisioners and recovery of...

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essentials : lessons learnt on prayer (nucleus - summer 2018)

Coming to the end of my FY2 year, I was tired. I had done an intense Accident and Emergency placement; I was living away from friends and family; I had struggled to get involved in a local church and felt far from God. My career as a doctor wasn't quite...

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God's prescription for exhausted doctors:living with daily pressures (triple helix - spring 2018)

Christian doctors face extraordinary pressures - not only do we often feel asked to do the impossible with inadequate resources, but our own sense of duty can drive us to take on responsibilities that surpass our ability to cope. The prophet Elijah, after his victory over the prophets of Baal on...

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Do not hold me (triple helix - spring 2018)

'Jesus said, "Do not hold onto me. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."' (1) This message was given to Mary Magdalene in her grief. She had loved and lost. Lost, it seemed, even...

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Reviews (triple helix - spring 2018)

Thinking of You: A resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia Joanna Collicutt BRF, 2017, £9.99, 256pp ISBN: 9780857464910 Reviewed by Cameron Swift, Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine, based in Kent The topic of dementia is rightly high on today's public policy agenda. Christian health professionals and churches should be at...

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Popping social bubbles (triple helix - spring 2018)

I have a confession to make, I live in a bubble. A social bubble. I like to think that I don't, that as a doctor I mix with a huge variety of people with different backgrounds, beliefs and political leanings. Whether they are colleagues, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, porters or patients....

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