In the US, United Methodist pastors feel worse and worry more than a decade ago
United StatesRNS United Methodist clergy have been through the wringer in recent years, with a worldwide pandemic, a church schism and the ongoing decline of one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations. Those stresses have likely taken a toll on their health, a new report shows. A survey of 1,200 United Methodist clergy found that half have […]
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children
Cairo, Egypt Reuters After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo but says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. “They saw everything, the gunfire was falling on us at home…they saw horrible scenes,” […]
Health Insight: Languishing – what to do if you’re feeling restless, apathetic or empty
JOLANTA BURKE, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, writes – in an article first published on The Conversation – about what to do if you’ve been “languishing”…
Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020?
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation With protests from Chile to Hong Kong last year over widening inequality, violence against women, and climate change, more policymakers and campaigners started to openly debate potential shifts away from an economic model that relies on growth. New Zealand became the first nation to introduce a Wellbeing Budget that requires all […]
Prayer key way in which church supports wellbeing of people, survey finds
Prayer has been identified as the most important factor in supporting the wellbeing of people who attend church, according to a US survey. The survey, conducted by Teleios Research, found that when asked how church or church members help their well-being, 59 per cent of respondants said through prayer, 56 per cent said they assisted […]