There is a new report out by the Robert Woods Foundation and the Trust for America's Health organization titled F as in Fat 2009 - How Obesity Policies in America are Failing. (Link provided is to the 108 page report.) A shorter Executive Summary is available here. An MSNBC … [Read more...]
Spirituality and Health – A Christian Perspective Presented at International Conference
"When individuals, regardless of their faith, incorporate these powerful biblical principles of the Christian faith into their lives, the spirituality and health connection occurs and they will tend to enjoy better health and well-being." This is the conclusion to a recent … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why God Wants Us Healthy, Well and Fit
There are probably a few hundred reasons that might motivate you to care for yourself and to be healthy. Here are five, actually four, reasons that motivate me at a really deep level... and I think that these are reasons why God would want us all to be motivated by. It … [Read more...]
Unemployment, Job Loss, Stress and Poor Health – New Research
Researchers on Friday made public a large study with a finding that we should not find surprising: Losing your job may make you sick. In a study by a Harvard School of Health researcher, workers who lost a job through no fault of their own, she found, were twice as likely to … [Read more...]
God Equips Us for Doing His Work – Weekly Faith and Health Scripture – 2 Timothy 3:16-17
God created each of us - you and me - as His masterpiece, His workmanship, to do the good works He planned for us long ago. This is what scripture tells us in Ephesians 2:10. But there's a catch. It's only by accepting Jesus as our savior that we become "new" people and have … [Read more...]
Friend Recovering From Prostate Cancer Surgery – da Vinci Prostatectomy
This morning I visited a friend who is in the hospital the day after his surgery to remove his prostate. Mike and I were involved in a Bible study a few years ago. He was aware of my bout with prostate cancer over the the last few years so he called me several weeks ago when he … [Read more...]
