Peter Landless
Peter N. Landless, MB, BCh, MFamMed, MFGP (SA), FCP (SA), FACC, FASNC, a cardiologist and ordained minister, is the director of the Health Ministries Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
Articles by Peter Landless
Mending Ministers on Their Wellness Journey
November 2022
Mending Ministers is an excellent resource and covers so many facets—the wellness and richness that blended and respected diversity brings to us and our congregations; intellectual wellness; financial health—all the while dedicated…
Choose your medicine
November 2018
Some time ago, I received the following question: “I am a 35-year-old female and enjoy good health. I am very busy as a mother, wife, and schoolteacher. I don’t get to exercise much and have a family history of breast cancer. Does exercise…
Are you fit to lead?
November 2018
Following Dan Buettner’s report on places where health is optimized, reports such as this made regular news: “Most of our health problems are said to be the result of three things: bad food choices, inactivity, and unmanaged stress.
“Therefore,…
Our work is not yet done
November 2018
The life of the pastor is busy, full, and multifaceted—as striking as a diamond—and some days as hard. Pastors are expected to be powerful preachers, thoughtful theologians, fiery fund-raisers, daring developers,…
Fit to serve?
July/August 2015
A major reason for the gift of the health message to the Seventh-day Adventist Church was to fit its members and leadership for service to others. When one considers the poor state of James White’s health at the time of the Otsego vision…
How Follow Up Bible Lessons?
March 1947
For sometime I have been studying the follow-up methods and results of our radio and correspondence school interests, and at long last feel that some observations can be made.
It would seem that almost before a worker in the field…
The Role of the Nutritionist
March 1947
These are words given to us by one instructed of God: "The question of how to preserve the health is one of primary importance. When we study this question in the fear of God, we shall learn that it is best,…
Shepherds or white crows?
March 2002
The voice was laden with a mixture I of concern, despair, and anger. "He's started drinking again and is I surely going to lose his job; he left home early this morning, and I suspect he is across the border where…
The more abundant life
July 2004
Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #21, Christian Behavior: "We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of…
Pastor and physician: prescription for effective team ministry
March 2005
He was 65 years old. Decades of smoking left him with laryngeal cancer. A laryngectomy ensued, destroying his ability to speak. The plastic amplifier managed to translate guttural rumblings into intelligible sounds.…
Journey: the role of faith organizations in youth behavior
September 2006
The adolescent years can no longer be categorized as “the age of romance.” Today, youth live in a zone of unprecedented warfare— physically, mentally, and spiritually. From drugs to high-risk sexual behavior to the…