Fitness for Road Warriors

The primary difference in traveling “back in the day” of Paul, Peter, John, James, etc., and today is comfort, convenience and consumption. Constant walking, hiking and rowing; hunting for meals and resting on roadsides (not 4-star!) would hardly leaves one with excess baggage in the gut, hips or thighs department. In contrast, today’s road warriors [...]

Suffering with Arthritis?

By Sharon D. Allison-Ottey, M.D. Dear Dr. Sharon, I’m a 64-year-old Black man and I own a home repair company. My knees have started to bother me, especially at the end of the day. It used to be every once-in-a-while, but now, the pain and stiffness is more frequent. My doc- tor told me that [...]

The Rewards of Rest

Rest rejuvenates, refreshes and reinvigorates. “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed. (Exodus 23:12). Rest allows you to reflect, reexamine and recompose your thoughts. Rest encourages [...]

Health in Action A Family that Prays, Eats Right & Exercises Together

by SHARON D. ALLISON-OTTEY, M.D. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:15 Most Christian parents understand their responsibility to “train up a child in the way that he/she should go” (Proverbs 22:6) and are usually committed to providing for their children’s needs; and, as Christian adults who are [...]

Faith Fights Diabetes

Get Back To Basics!

At graveside services, we commit the deceased to the ground—ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Yet, we often don’t consider that the earth we were created from was filled with the very minerals our internal organs required to function properly. God created the first natural pharmacy in the Garden of Eden and this should define [...]