Fred Hardinge

Several years ago, I sat with my sister at my father’s bed-side. After having experienced a wonderfully productive 96 years of life as an ordained minister and physician, he had suffered a serious stroke a few days before. The doctors did…

A vegan food truck owner, Delinda Jensen, who scolded victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre as “meat eaters,” said she has received death threats for her comments. She wrote on Facebook, “How many animals will live because of the deaths…

Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? If they include losing weight, hold off until you read this article! Many people think skipping breakfast is a good way to lose weight.

However, the desired weight loss rarely occurs with…

As pastors, you are expected to know information on a wide variety of topics. That is not always fair, but it is true!

The beauty of health is that it is not just head knowledge; it preserves ministry and saves lives. So, let us see…

Many people today long for the simpler life of what they believe to be the “good old days.” Even then, not all was to be envied. Listen to the following description of city life: “A basic problem was the polluted air that permeated almost…

One of the all-time favorite stories my father told while I was growing up involved an experience he had as a young physician. During residency, he and a classmate were assigned to do autopsies for the local coroner of those who had died…

As a pastor you are faced from time to time with parishioners who are facing difficult health situations—maybe for themselves or for a close family member or friend.

For example: Susan, a young mother with two children and a loving…

I am a member of many committees. We frequently consider new projects and often are urged to do a feasibility study before moving forward.

A feasibility study, as the term implies, is defined as “an analysis and evaluation of a proposed…

Mental-health literature is replete with definitions and discussions of what is com­monly called professional “burnout.” It is often defined by emotional exhaustion…

A few months ago I received a troubling letter from a retired church worker. Her physician had strongly recommended she take some very expensive food supple­ments. Initially, she had complied, but the cost of these supplements was over US$2,000…

Many members of our worldwide…

The flurry of making New Year’s resolutions is past. Are you still working on them? Or have you become discouraged and disregarded some or all of the items on your…

My wife and I received an urgent call from an elderly church friend asking whether we would come and visit her as soon as possible. That evening, as she greeted us at the door, we could see worry and concern written all over her face.…

Your parishioners have undoubtedly asked you about the potential benefits of consuming moderate amounts of alcohol for their health. During the past 20 years, much scientific evidence has accumulated to suggest that people who drink moderately…

There are several standards by which human performance can be measured—physical, mental, social, and emotional. Many of these standards have been carefully researched and validated. Yet, there is no single standard that melds each of these…

Those of us who have dedicated our lives to health education are thrilled with the emphasis of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on comprehensive health minis­try. This broad term seeks to bring a wide array…

Hundreds of thousands of Americans fall prey to some of the silliest, most preposter­ous stories on health every day. There are those who proclaim that eating whole lemons prevents all cancers. Others teach that bathing every day in expensive…

We¹ had recently conducted a vegetarian cooking class in our church. Many people enjoyed the samples, information, and fellowship.…

Society today does not value the importance of rest and sleep, and many often con­sider sleep to be a waste of time. Thomas Edison reportedly believed that sleep was a waste of time and set out to invent the electric light bulb to extend…

Pastors, teachers, physicians, dentists, health educators,dietitians—all in helping profes­sions—desire to see the lives of people changed for the better. Yet, for…

From the time I was a young boy, one of my favorite stories in the Bible tells how God miraculously healed Naaman (2 King…

Some years ago, while I was working at a lifestyle center, a guest arrived with prostate cancer that had already spread to his bone. Medically, there was nothing more that could be done for him. In the preceding weeks, his medical records…

Armed with a strong conviction that medical ministry—combined with a freshly minted graduate degree in health promotion—was a wonderfully effective method of reaching the community for Christ, I believed if I shared a better way with people,…

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Three years ago, I worshiped in a relatively small church in the United States. After worship…

January, the time normally reserved for making resolu­tions, was months ago. How are you doing? Are you still working on the resolutions, or have you become discouraged like most of your members and just put that list, or some of the items,…

Although…