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…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/_c-X_NMc9As/

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…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/g_5J0lB4E74/

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…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/BaHcNy5PYoQ/

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…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/uQvd9YniWnc/

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…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/GBvZInc8qSk/