The Pastor’s Health
Editor’s Note
Interview
Leading, Living, and the Way to Health
Q&A with Jim Wallis
Healthy Living for Stronger Faith
Connect to God with Your Whole Self
Eating Healthy with Diabetes
Migraine Misconceptions
Straight facts on a misunderstood condition
The Model for Healthy Living for Clergy
Self-assessment, Reflection, and Goals
Partnership for Better Health
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Karin Ryan discusses her work as the senior project advisor for the human rights program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Winter cooking can be a challenge. Here are some tips for adjusting your cooking to the season.
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Fall 2018 Health Ministry Connections
How to Use This Issue in Your Congregation
Cold Weather Precautions
Keeping everyone safe as the weather changes
Sweetening Summer with Peppers
Colorful add-ins with flavor
Take Every Thought Captive
Watchfulness for healthy stress management
Review
Congregational Mental Health
A review of The Lifesaving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention by Rachael A. Keefe
Mindfulness in the Christian Tradition
Summer 2018 Health Ministry Connections
How to Use This Issue in Your Congregation
A New Heart Finds a New Home
A legacy in transition
Start your mindful devotional walk with the Walking With series
Jumpstart Mindful Walking
How to Take a Mindful Devotional Walk
Summer 2018 Editor’s Note
Getting Started with Mindfulness
Putting Out the Welcome Mat
The spiritual practice of generosity, hospitality and belonging
Why Health Ministry?
Good news through a whole-life lens
How to Prep Your Pumpkin
Keeping Cool
Congregational Cooling Center can offer help from the heat
Congregational Cancer Care
Congregational programs to help people living with cancer
Blood Drive Benefits for Everyone
Getting Your Congregation Excited to Donate Blood
Support for Feet, Starting a Congregational Foot Care Clinic
Providing care for the whole body, mind, and spirit
An Excerpt from Holding Hope
Grieving Pregnancy Loss during Advent
A Devotion for Those Grieving from Pregnancy Loss
How to Use Holding Hope
Where God Meets Us: Faithful, Responsive Everyday Life
An excerpt from Our Work, God's World: Daily Devotions at Advent
A Journey of Faith Through Advent
An excerpt from Walking to the Manger: An Advent Devotional
One of Them Was Mine
An unforgettable lesson from the voting booth
The Way of the Pilgrim
Learning prayer in the mindful life
Sanctuary, Silence, and Service
A congregation’s venture into mindful worship
Will It Really Make Me Feel Better?
The research on mindfulness and medicine
Wise Words, Abundant Hearts
Offering peace through blessing
Interview
Coaching Others to Better Health
Constant discovery of spirituality and health Q&A with Laura Todd
25 Examples of Praise & Encouragement
Using the power of positivity in everyday life
The Root of Dental Care
Bible Study on the Move
Walking, talking, praying, and community
Hosting for the Holidays
6 tips for simple ways to reduce stress and enjoy guests
Back to School Prayers
Blessing and sustaining a new school year
From Life to Prayer
Talking to God by writing psalms
Adverse Childhood Experiences
What they are, why they matter, and what a congregation can do
Celebrate Differences for Healthier Children and Communities
Speak and model the language of racial solidarity at church
Calling, Cadence and Clapping
A place where God found me
How to Vanquish an Elephant
The healing choice of love
MESH Monday: Experience, Strength, and Hope
Sacred Space of Community and Worship
Black Church Food Security Network
Review