Last week I flew from Charlotte to St. Louis to present a workshop at the 24th Annual Westberg Symposium. What I put together was a Christian model for health eduction and self care. My objective was to equip the parish nurses who attended to educate their parishioners about … [Read more...]
Jesus, Thirst and Our Spiritual Needs John 17:37-38 Weekly Health Devotional
We all need water. According to many sources the human body is about 60% water in adult males and 55% in adult females. Our lean muscle tissue contains about 75% water by weight; blood contains almost 70% water; body fat contains 10% water and bone has about 22% water. A newborn … [Read more...]
Caring for God’s Temple by Getting Off the Couch – Weekly Health Devotional
Spiritual Fitness and Couch Potatoes I've been reading the daily devotionals the magazine from InTouch Ministries for over 10 years. Below is an excerpt of an article by Robert Bruce titled Confessions of a Couch Potato from this month's issue. "The most important thing I’ve … [Read more...]
God’s Power for Healthy Living: Wellness Devotional & Scripture 1 Corinthians 4:20
Lifestyle Factors and Your Health By some estimates, approximately 40% of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol and drugs, … [Read more...]
Weekly Wellness Devotional and Scripture: Beliefs About God – John 7:37-38
Our beliefs about God and spiritual things are the most important beliefs we have because they can have the most impact on our lives - as we live day to day and for all eternity. What we believe determines how we behave to a very large degree. When our lifestyle choices are … [Read more...]
Obesity and Diabetes – The Lifestyle Choices We Make
Obesity and diabetes levels are still on the rise. That's according to the State of the States Report released this week. According to this Gallup Poll, my state, North Carolina had a nearly 2% increase since last year. Twenty eight percent of North Carolinian's are now … [Read more...]
