Pastor’s Nexus

Shorter Workweek Meant to Bolster Pastors’ Home, Spiritual Health
At least one conference in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American region has concluded that frazzled pastors don’t make for successful ministry. That conference, spanning the U.S. states of Iowa and Missouri, is encouraging pastors to trim their sometimes 80-hour workweeks to a saner 45 to 55 hours.

Study: Doing Good Makes You Feel Good
There’s a new incentive to doing good things for others: It makes you happier, according to a new study.

Moderate Drinking Linked to Breast Cancer
Moderate alcohol consumption, or about two drinks a day, has often been touted as heart healthy in recent years, but a new study finds the same quantity causes cancer.

Spirituality Influences Health, Most U.S. Doctors Say
The majority of American doctors think that religion and spirituality play an important role in influencing patients’ health, a new review found.

The Downside of TV Dinners
By all means, eat dinner with your family. Just don’t watch the tube at the same time.

Smokers are Dead Weight at the Office
Smokers can be deadweights around the office with lower working performance and more sick days taken than their non-smoking colleagues, two new studies suggest.

WHO hails circumcision as vital in HIV fight
It may not seem like the kindest cut, but circumcision has been hailed as a vital new way to combat HIV. In a report issued on 28 March, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS issued a series of recommendations to increase rates of circumcision in countries where the HIV problem is most serious.

Now here’s a new perspective on circumcision. What do you think?

Mothers’ beefy diet linked to sons’ low sperm count
Men born between 1949 and 1983 to women in the US who ate a lot of beef while pregnant have significantly lower sperm counts, a new study shows.

I hope this study is useful for those of presenting health seminars or vegetarian cooking seminars.