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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Faith and Health

WebHealth-care practitioners have just “discovered” the impact of spirituality on health. Healers have always known the power of belief and the mystery of the human body. As medicine …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Promoting Healthy Congregations

WebPromoting Healthy Congregations. Posted on December 19, 2006 by Alban. “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Ministry and mental health

WebBefore you go… According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one in five adults in the U.S. experience some form of mental illness. …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Cultivate a healthier leadership …

WebSo as you strive for health, I encourage you to ask good questions so that everyone is clear about how they can best support the team and the mission of the …

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Caring for those with mental health diagnoses

WebThe book walks readers through five key principles of emotional intelligence — self-awareness, empathy, assertiveness, optimism, and stress management — …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Churches and mental health

WebOne in six youth from ages 6-17 experiences a mental health disorder each year. The prevalence of mental illness should make it easier for us to talk about our …

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Are you just tired – or burning out

WebChurch leaders’ mental and emotional health impacts their long-term overall health, as well as the effectiveness of their congregations. Some of the mental and …

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The Marks of a Healthy Congregation

WebThe Marks of a Healthy Congregation. Posted on January 10, 2007 by Alban. Consultant Terry Foland has concluded that 12 areas of congregational life are …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » The Pastor and the Healthy Church

WebThe Pastor and the Healthy Church. Posted on June 19, 2013 by Alban. “Churches are either plums or pills,” an older colleague once declared to me as I was …

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How do we care for congregational leaders

WebIn recent years, a particular focus of Alban has been the health and wellbeing of congregational leaders. In this edition of the Weekly, Jessica Young Brown …

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Great Expectation, Sobering Realities: Findings From a New

WebBalance is the key issue here to long-term spiritual and emotional health. The pastors with whom we spoke emphasize the health-giving dimensions of their giving …

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Rhonda Brandon: You’re a Human First, Then a Minister

WebRhonda Brandon is the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources officer for Duke University Health System. Among her many responsibilities, she drives …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » 30 Markers of Staff Team Health

WebThe team can explore aspects of health and those areas that need improvement. Of course, this type of conversation is only possible if the team is healthy …

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From Birth to Death: Exploring the Life Cycle of the Church

WebThe birth stage of the life cycle is brief, almost momentary, in the scale of time usually associated with the full life of a congregation. (It must be noted that in …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Public Health and the Private Soul

WebThat group conducted local research, contacting the county health department, local hospitals, and physicians. Two goals were to avoid duplication of …

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The Sacred Responsibility: Supporting the Pastor We Have Called …

WebLonger-term pastorates are well-correlated with effective evangelism and sustained church growth and health. 3 The losses to a church from rapid pastor turnover …

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Creativity in Crisis: Responding to Community Hardship from

WebCreativity in Crisis: Responding to Community Hardship from Congregational Health. Posted on April 22, 2009 by Alban. I must love church work. Though I make my …

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When Clergy Get Cancer: Receiving the Gifts that Come With A

WebBesides having cancer and having to relinquish our health—or, in my case, my breast—we also have to let go of our customary role. Many of us really like the clergy role and are as …

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Alban at Duke Divinity School » Telling the Right Story: Why

WebBut taken together, they paint a picture of relative health. Theological Substance in a Market-Driven World But congregational vitality is not about numbers. …

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Ask Alban: Choosing Your Next Clergy Leader

WebA congregation seeking a new clergy leader is like a person in good health with an itch—oblivious to the health, preoccupied with the itch. Usually a person in that …

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Thema Bryant: Bridging Theology and Psychology

WebDr. Thema Bryant completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Duke University and her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence …

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What Congregations Need from Middle Judicatories

WebBut they need to exercise a bias toward health, giving clergy additional challenges and resources, not sympathy. 6. Congregations need help with leadership …

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