By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org ([Photo Courtesy of Adventist Record])

A new pocket edition of Live More Happy offers opportunities to share insights into emotional wellbeing with family and friends, as well as the wider community, at a time when its message is “so needed,” according to author Dr. Darren Morton.
“Recently we saw the appointment of Australia’s first deputy chief medical officer for mental health,” said Morton, director of the Lifestyle Medicine & Health Research Centre at Avondale University College, speaking of the Australian government’s response…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Brenda Dickerson, Mid-America Union Conference Outlook)

During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are planting gardens, not only for something fun to do during quarantine but also to enjoy the fresh produce that will grow abundantly with minimal care. Eating locally grown foods is increasingly popular as the locavore movement continues to gain momentum.
Locavore was designated “Word of the Year” in 2007 for Oxford University Press (OUP). According to the OUP blog, this word is the creation of Jessica Prentice of the San Francisco Bay…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janelle Ringer)

Two Class of 2021 medical students from Loma Linda University School of Medicine created a book to help children understand why their worlds have changed dramatically in the last few months and why it’s important to stay home during this time.
Authors Devon Scott and Samantha Harris created the illustrated story that explores questions about the coronavirus pandemic with sisters Millie and Suzie. The book, “Why We Stay Home,” has been downloaded more than 35,000 times since its release on April…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sheann Brandon)

Loma Linda University Health is currently treating eligible patients battling severe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with convalescent plasma in hopes of boosting their ability to fight the virus. The patients are treated while in the hospital through a transfusion of serum containing virus-neutralizing antibodies, which were removed from a recovered individual’s donated blood.
Tait Stevens, MD, president of medical staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center, said some evidence shows that…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org ([tedNEWS / EUDnews])

There are some Bible text that sound nice but are hard to apply in the middle of a pandemic. Here is one of them: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. [Philippians 4:6 NIV] Anxiety is something that currently surrounds us. Is it safe to go out? How are my friends and family? How much longer can I cope working from home, schooling my kids, and trying to balance a reduced income? And that is before I…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Murray Hunter/Record staff)

Colloquially known as “Black Summer,” this year began with a devastating bushfire season in Australia—18.6 million hectares (46 million acres) burned, 5900 buildings destroyed, 34 people, and 1 billion animals killed.
If it wasn’t for our firefighters, who toiled night and day to save land, lives, and livestock, it could have been a lot worse. Our firefighters deserve to be heralded and honored for their work.
On the heels of Black Summer came COVID-19. Handshakes were banned, hugs out of the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens, Inter-Ameican Division)

The Youth Ministries department in Inter-America launched its first online Adventist Youth Society program in three languages as part of an ongoing initiative to encourage the youth across the territory to engage in youth leadership and community service.
The online program included spiritual reflections from world youth leaders, visits to cities and countries in Inter-America, and initiatives and activities in which young people can involve themselves.
Pastor Elie Henry, president for the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maryellen Fairfax)

Adventist youth in South Australia are working to supply food boxes to a demographic that have been largely overlooked in the COVID-19 crisis: international university students.
“A number of them haven’t been able to go back home with everything that’s been happening,” explained South Australia Conference youth director, Pastor Joel Slade. “Many of them have also lost their jobs because the hospitality industries they were employed in have been shut down. The government doesn’t provide any…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Nathan Brown)

Leonard Brand is former department chair and professor of biology and paleontology in the Department of Earth and Biological Sciences at Loma Linda University, California (U.S.), where he has taught and researched since 1970. He talked with Bookshelf about his long-term interest in the integration of faith and science and the contribution his books make to this project.
Tell us about your personal and professional interest in science and faith.
I have confidence in what the Bible tells us…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Theo Voilquin, for Adventist Review)

In the turbulent times we are all currently traversing, Seventh-day Adventists everywhere are also pondering what impacts the health and economic crises of the moment are having upon the Church. Is the Church able to do anything to mitigate its effects?
Most nations of the world and vast areas of their economies have been all but shut down, with no clear road map to re-entry, even in places that have cautiously implemented a loosening of social restrictions. What started as a mild inconvenience…

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