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Conversations that began in the pandemic continue as faith and health leaders tackle a variety of health issues, with a focus on the Black community, writes the faith liaison for the program at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Link to author Rachel Pierce
Exploitation and neglect by the scientific and medical communities have left some Black Americans hesitant to participate in research studies. Faith leaders are helping form relationships and connections they hope will address that.
Link to author Melba Newsome
When runners train for a race, they are told to spend most of their time preparing at a slower pace to help them speed up when needed. The strategy offers important lessons for how we approach our work and life, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
Food insecurity among children who have a parent in jail or prison is an often-overlooked consequence of the U.S. prison-industrial complex. This month’s commemoration of the struggle for Black liberation is an opportunity to highlight that, writes a food justice activist.
Link to author Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
In the face of their own illnesses, two priests have written a series of prayers that move beyond generic platitudes.
For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
Link to author Amanda Martínez Beck
Incremental change isn’t enough to address the world’s problems. Instead, we must work to actually solve them, says the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Beyond friends, more than community, they will know us by our love for one another. A writer reflects on the bonds that bring people together, whether in youth groups, hospital rooms or birthday parties.
Link to author Shannon Hopkins
The gap between clergy and health professionals is hard to bridge, but pastors and Christian leaders can begin with some simple steps to help their communities flourish, writes a public health professional.
Link to author Alejandra Salemi
Caregivers must be able to recognize the image of God within themselves in order to care for it within others, says the author of a recent book.
Faith coalitions are addressing the opioid crisis by providing resources, connections and a destigmatizing vision.
Link to author Carla Hinton
