Transform Healthcare

Healthcare Transformation and our view of human beings

Our view of human beings shapes our entire understanding of what healthcare transformation is all about. As a Christian I am deeply interested in developing a biblically sound insight into human beings and what our deepest needs are. Networking activities with like-minded leaders have led to inspiring interactions and adjustments of our views.

In the first quarter of 2007 representatives from Health Care in Christ, International Health Services and Healthcare Christian Fellowship met in Vellore India to share and interact with one another about what the Lord has been showing each of us about Biblical Christian Healthcare over the past years. What a tremendously enriching experience this has been. We were amazed and blessed to discover that the Lord has given us convictions that both overlap and complement one another. Each of us has lots of new thoughts, concepts and material to integrate into our own teaching materials as a consequence.  What I did with what I learnt, will soon be found in a PowerPoint presentation on our downloads page www.hcfi.givengain.org 

The input of the Health Care in Christ family will soon be found at http://www.hcic.org.au and from International Health services it will be at http://www.internationalhealthservices.org/ 

It is worth the effort to check it out.

One of the participants was Chris Hayes. They have made a practical selection of important elements to consider when practicing whole person healthcare in a pain treatment service. More information about their work can be found at http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/pain 

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

The Second Law of Thermodynamics finds its living proof in my life! This law states: All of life's processes manifest a tendency toward decay and disintegration with a net increase in entropy – the state of randomness and disorder. Yes, my life exhibits this propensity toward disorder and decay in many ways... It is twice as easy to gain weight than to lose weight which leads to my “decay” My desk at work when left to its own devices develops piles and disorder with a net increase in “randomness” Actually the examples in my life are countless! The Law of Thermodynamics evidenced in my spiritual life is astounding - disorder, lack of focus on Jesus, and a downward spiral in sensitivity to sin. Only the Spirit of God can counteract such a force. Thankfully, God offers me the opportunity to eliminate this disorder and decay in my spiritual life. Will you join me with energy, discipline and intentionality because This is what the Lord says, Put your house in order because you are going to die? (Isaiah 38:1 NIV)

Sharing the journey with you,

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