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Happiness in Adversity The month of August is generally celebrated as the month of happiness. It seems logical to dedicate a day or a month to proclaim as the happy month since the weather is often nice, summer vacation is in full swing, so to speak, and it has been a good month to take a cruise. However, even though the climate might cooperate for an enjoyable vacation, there is socioeconomic and geopolitical unrest, poverty, and wickedness is pervasive. The Bible indicates in Matthew 24, that toward the close of earth’s history, wickedness will abound in high places, there will be wars, famines, earthquakes, and [...]

Faith Community Nurses and Men’s Health: Support, Improvement, and Impact June is Men’s Health month. Let’s turn back the clock and consider a commercial which started with a woman standing in her home and then the camera panned to a man sitting in a comfortable, tufted reclining lounge chair in the living room. Then the camera pans to two big strong men picking up the sitting man and putting him in the chair into the back of a truck and then driving off to take the man to a physician care visit. It was to take your [...]

Stress: What's it all about? Stress has been defined as a condition that is brought about by a physiological, psychological, or emotional situation that produces strain on the body (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). According to early researchers of stress (Kanner et al., 1981; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984; Neuman, 1989; Selye, 1974), there are situations, events, or transactions, known as stressors, that impact the body, and the results are often harmful health outcomes. The continual experience of stress is known as a chronic experience (Selye, 1974) and chronic stress can lead to the development of chronic illness (Holmes [...]

Working Together As the new president of AAFCN, I look forward to working with each of you. Our journey together reminds me of the paralyzed man who was carried on a mat to Jesus—not only for physical healing but for spiritual healing as well (Mark 2:1-12). Just as it took teamwork to bring this man to Jesus, it will take teamwork to strengthen and grow the Faith Community Nursing ministry and AAFCN.  There are several key lessons we can learn from this powerful story:  Supporting Each Other: Regardless of the paralyzed man’s past, the men who carried [...]

Agape Love In Action What is agape love? Who needs it? Where can one find it?   Agape love is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a Greek word that means “brotherly love or charity”.  It’s a term used in Christianity to describe the love between God and humans, and between humans and God.  It is considered the highest form of Christian Love.  Every human being on this earth needs or deserves to experience what is termed “Agape Love.” Nursing care is grounded in the belief that every person, regardless of race creed or color or circumstance, bears [...]