Dr. Darren Morton is director of the Lifestyle Medicine & Health Research Centre and an associate professor at Avondale University College. He talked about the new edition of Live More Happy and the timeliness of sharing this practical guide for emotional wellbeing.
From a wellbeing perspective, what are the unique challenges you see in what we have all experienced in the past few months?
Over the past few months, we have experienced unique challenges to our wellbeing. For some, the social…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/u0zwgahDyIk/

A faculty restructure and the introduction of a research fellowship are the first two markers on Avondale University College’s road map to sustainable transformation.
The restructure will reduce the number of faculties from two—Education, Business and Science, and Arts, Nursing and Theology—to one. The fellowship, offered at different levels, will see staff members apply for, rather than receive, research funding.
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Kevin Petrie announced the decisions in…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Jpy-IVOzH-I/

“Ah, you’ve got jungle fever.” I’d just told this individual that my girlfriend was a Pacific Islander. I knew they were joking, that they often had a cheeky, irreverent wit. I don’t remember how I responded but, 13 years later, I do remember the comment.
When I wrote an editorial about cross-cultural marriage, I received a letter telling me that I should keep my marriage because God requires no divorce, but that we should never have children, because—I don’t remember the exact words—“half…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/fpNtgeIpvrg/

Sarah is a Global Mission pioneer who works in a large city in Southern Asia. When her husband left her four years ago, she knew she had to find a way to support herself. But she didn’t know where to look for a job.
She prayed for direction and God impressed her to share His Word with the people living around her.
Sarah began visiting her neighbors in their homes. “I prayed for the sick, and they got well,” she said. “I prayed for those who had evil spirits, and the spirits went away. I prayed…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/A44wcyIjUuI/

Every summer, Adventist Muslim Friendship Association (AMFA), a North American Division-based initiative located near Chattanooga, Tennessee, provides a summer school for children of refugee families in the area. According to AMFA, the goal is to help integrate refugee children into the United States in a godly way.
In 2016, around the same time that AMFA’s summer classes for children started, AMFA leaders began discussing activity options for the mothers that brought their children to the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/8WXl086EuUc/