It's hard to deny that some things are morally right and others wrong. Those claiming they don't believe in objective morality soon backtrack when a perceived injustice is done to them! Moral realism is the view that ethical claims report facts and are true claims if they get those facts...
Relationships can be challenging at the best of times, but what is it like to navigate one when you hold power over a nation in your hands, and much of what you do is under public scrutiny? In her latest show, Shonda Rhimes of Greys Anatomy fame, explores this...
I have always yearned for a God relationship that spoke into every part of what I did and who I am. As such, I have long been inspired by Mark Greene and his teaching on the sacred-secular divide. For me and my husband, Chris, the daily energy that we put...
Work is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible — more than worship, music, praise, and singing![1],[2] Although I have not counted the numbers myself, that observation seems consistent with what the Bible says about work. It is held in very high regard throughout Scripture and features prominently in...
Psychiatry or paediatrics? Or perhaps orthopaedics or obstetrics? Or enjoying everything so much that you choose general practice? Or instead, do you meet with that recruiter from Citibank — the one whose business card your old schoolfriend gave you last week when she took you out for dinner in a...
Have we lost our saltiness? It was an overcast Sunday morning in Croydon, south London in 2006. I followed my mum to church; the gospel was preached, and I responded. I put my trust in Jesus. My heart fell in love and my head has been catching up ever since....
I started medical school six years ago, nervous but excited at the prospect of starting a lengthy degree in a different country. I made new friends and slowly settled into my new environment. I looked forward to putting my love of learning and science to beneficial use for the healing...
One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. Luke 9:1-2 (NLT) The link between the spread...
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. (2 Corinthians 2:14) what even is a World Congress? This may be a question you are asking and is definitely one I...
The four weeks I spent at St Augustine's, the District Designated Hospital for Muheza district (or as the locals call it, Teule) were a long time in the planning, yet they flew by in what felt like an instant and will live long in my memory. Muheza is a town...
Once said a scholar, 'When we reach the new heavens and new earth, one of the first things I'll do is dash off to the library',[1] the reason being 'to see if my books made it through'. It was not a statement motivated by self-importance, but simply expressing a soul-deep...
recovering from surgery at home In an experimental move designed to reduce waiting times and the risk of infection, patients having colostomy reversals in Somerset are being sent home on the day of their surgery. Thanks to technology that measures blood pressure, oxygen levels and heart rate, post-operative monitoring can be...