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Health ministry strengthens faith

WEBSandra developed the classes based on Revelation Wellness, a non-profit ministry dedicated to educating and inspiring people to live healthy and whole lives in …

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URL: https://www.livinglutheran.org/2014/08/health-ministry-strengthens-faith/

How Lutheran Campus Ministry is called to support students’ …

WEBAccording to the American College Health Association, 32% of students received treatment from a professional for a mental health condition in spring 2019—and …

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Purpose and public health

WEBShe has earned advanced degrees in public health and communications. But nothing helped Beversdorf articulate her life’s calling like her postretirement volunteer …

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Religion—good for our health and well-being

WEBReligion—good for our health and well-being. By Megan Brandsrud June 3, 2016. Dale and Tori Saunders struggled for years to get pregnant before the birth of …

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Holistic healing

WEBAt St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran in Southport, N.C., parish nurse Vicki Carlson added four nurses—two retired and two working full time elsewhere—to the …

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Dignity and grace in the face of mental illness

WEBThe Lutheran message of forgiveness and grace is uniquely positioned to help meet mental health needs, said Mary Heller, a mental health therapist for 50 years …

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Mental health and the church

WEBThe prayers that we offer up over our mental health, our depression, our anxiety, the other illnesses that besiege our minds and spirits are as hopeful and as …

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A healing and strengthening Lent

WEBMay your leadership and communication, your planning and your environment—in whatever context they might exist—heal and strengthen you, and those …

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Stepping up to stop stigma

WEBFive full-time staff members support the ministry, which was established in 2003 and continually works to inform its 4.5 million church members about the concerns …

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AVH: funds allow hospital to continue life-saving work

WEBThe Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem has received vital funding from both the United States and the European Union, enabling it to continue …

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A look back and a look forward

WEBEmily Landon understood the ramifications of COVID-19 before most people in the United States had even heard of the respiratory virus.. Landon, an adult infectious …

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Pastors embrace call to live healthier lives

WEBPastors embrace call to live healthier lives. By Candice Hill Buchbinder April 20, 2016. Footprints and Glitter Photography. Patricia Decker, a pastor of Gloria Dei …

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Catalysts for justice and grace

WEBThe synod worked with Lutheran Volunteer Corps to bring on an environmental justice organizer, Grace Corbin, in 2017. And, through grants from InFaith …

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Perspective: Addressing dehumanization

WEBAs the ELCA and as individual Lutherans, we are quick to speak, advocate and minister when we see dehumanization in its various forms—racism, socio-economic …

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Hospital stretches resources to treat many

WEBHospital stretches resources to treat many. By Anne Basye May 24, 2016. Angela Marzvizo was just a child when her father fell ill and her mother abandoned her. …

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Ending hunger could bring us together

WEBSuch hunger in a nation as prosperous as ours grieves God and shames all of us. Yet ending hunger here is easily within reach. Doing so would cost less than it …

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Study guide: The spiritual discipline of rest

WEBDownload a study guide for “The spiritual discipline of rest,” which appeared in Living Lutheran ‘s August 2021 issue. The guide includes four pages of discussion …

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