The Mission of God in Times of Pain
Course corrections to the unseen path
Women’s Heart Health on the Move
Turning awareness into action
Winter 2019 Health Ministry Connections
How to Use This Issue in Your Congregation
Genuine Ways You Can Help
Recipe
Lenten Food and Fasting
Mindful of the seasons
Recommended Reading for Living with Chronic Pain
The Restoring Community
The church’s healing role in a hurting body
Set Your Sight on Better Health
Tips for taking care of your eyes
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5 tips to make eye care part of your healthy lifestyle.
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Church Health Reader spoke with Karin Ryan about her passion for the Carter Center, and where she finds inspiration for her work in human rights.
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The most common form of prayer in the Bible is not praise. It’s lament.
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Planning for Lent? We invite you to make walking, reflecting and prayer a part of your daily Lenten practice with Walking to the Cross.
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"To speak blessing is much more than speaking words of kindness. It is to offer a gift that’s meant to bring an abundance of peace to the deeper places of being."
-- Tracy Hilts
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“I think Jim was Jesus: a strange man who speaks another language, who brought light into our home, then blessed us with his ‘I love you,’ letting us know all would be okay.” --Ron McDonald
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Take action to help women’s hearts this Valentine’s Day by sharing our free downloadable flyer on women’s heart health.
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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
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
Editor’s Note
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
Negative Nerves of Exercise
Changing language and perception
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