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	Interviews We ask. They answer. You learn.

	Rethinking Neediness Susan Palwick rethinks special needs.

	Our Fast-Food Addiction I ate at McDonald’s for the first time in 1965. If only I had stopped then.

	Clergy Health Initiative The Connection, the blog of the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School, offers resources for the health and well being of pastors.

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	Recommended Reading Book reviews and recommendations from notable people.

	Food Recipes and reflections on healthier eating.

	Clergy Health Encouragement for pastors and the congregations who support them.

	Caregiving Ideas and encouragement for those taking care of loved ones.

	Parish Nursing Caring for the health needs of a congregation.

	Around the Web

	Wounded by the Church From Neue. A pastor's reflection on his painful history with the church and why he is seeking healing now.

	Raising Coffee in Ethiopia, With Help From Harlem Church From Nytimes.com. Rev. Nicholas S. Richards is building what he hopes will be a 7,000-mile bridge to the eastern highlands of Ethiopia.

	Assembly encourages all Presbyterians to be tested for HIV The 2010 Presbyterian General Assembly included an overture encouraging all members to be tested for HIV to help eliminate the stigma associated with such testing.

	Trying to be a Complete Human Being From ELCA Healthy Leaders. Pastor Carl Nielsen is trying to be a healthy, whole, complete human being in all the ways God made us.

	Recently Featured

	Caregiving Tips for the Child of an Aging Parent 12 ideas on caring for your aging loved ones.

	All Around the Church From church kitchens to those extra classrooms, here are many ways to emphasize health throughout your church facility.

	Hymns of Healing These three new hymns based on a passage on healing, enabling us to think differently about scripture and our understanding of health and healing.

	Seeding New Ministries: Q&A with Richard Herman Herman discusses Wheat Ridge Ministries' commitment to assisting new and innovative human care ministries.