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
Back to School Prayers
Blessing and sustaining a new school year
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
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
Live the Life You Were Created For
A review of The Dream of You: Let Go of Broken Identities and Live the Life You Were Made For by Jo Saxton
Interview
In Silence and Stretching
A chaplain finds his vocation Q&A with Jonathan Lewis
FAITH! Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health
Centering Prayer
Set an intention to become open to God’s presence
Why Church Is the Place to Talk about Sexuality
Q&A with Kate Ott
Recipe
Green Bean Casserole
It Takes Two to Tango (or three, or four…)
How Synchronic Exercise Can Affect Our Well-Being
Get Your Family Moving
Tips for Adding Steps to Your Day
Congregations, Clinics, and Consultants
ECHO God’s love by starting a faith-based charitable medical clinic
Laughter Yoga
An annoyance leads to a joyous calling
Interview
A Nurse’s Unexpected Calling
Work and faith are one. Q&A with JoVeta Wescott
Culinary Medicine
A healing embrace of understanding food
Review
The Healing Cycle
A review of Helping Groups Heal: Leading Small Groups in the Process of Transformation by Jan Paul Hook
Friendship on the Mountain
Relationships that forge the people we become
The Healing Community
A spiritual discipline of community after suicide
A Grief Unseen
Living with loss that is not death
Congregational Conversations on Death and Dying
Workshops and resources make the talking easier
The Words We Hear
Quietness, patience, and the more gracious path
Labyrinth of Grief
Living with awareness of loss
Refreshed at The Well
A ministry model where children are agents of change
Jumpstart Healthy Parent-Child Relationships
Let the Children Come
Growing Healthy Children through Congregational Life
Be Strong and Bold
Courage to take the next step
In the Mighty Stream of Righteousness
Jumpstart the Conversation Around End-of-Life Issues
From Life to Life Eternal: Discussing Death as People of Faith
Recipe
Kale Chips
Recipe
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Dreams of Justice
A journey together toward the glory of God
Waters of Justice
Remembering Frank McRae
Grace First
Love Without Strings
Recipe
Shrimp Étouffée
Recipe