Friends accuse me of being a perfectionist, an idealist and a straggler. I confess on all counts. I expect things to make sense.When ideas and events don't fit together in meaningful ways, I struggle to make them fit. Fortunately, I'm not alone. Nurses'have struggled—independently for untold years and corporately as Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF) for more than thirty-five years—to make their faith and nursing fit. Two and a half years ago, NCF invited me to develop and edit a new journal devoted to integrating Christian faith and nursing. Now I am privileged to inaugurate the Journal of Christian Nursing. To do that, I offer my view of JCN's mission and a synopsis of its features.
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