By Jennifer Driscoll Have you ever found yourself going through the motions? Reading a daily devotion, check. Thanking God for the day, check. Listening to Christian music in the car, check.

By CCM Exercise Physiologist and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Laura Bollinger I was too tired. Something else came up. It was rainy. It was snowing. It was too dark. It was too cold. It was too hot. As a health coach, I hear these statements all the time. Members share with me many reasons why they chose to do something other than exercise during the time they had scheduled for it.

By Rebecca Barrack “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”– Matthew 22:36-40

It’s no secret that the overall cost of healthcare continues to rise at an alarming rate. It was projected that healthcare spending in the U.S. would increase by 5.3% in 2018 compared to a 4.6 percent hike just last year, hitting nearly $3.5 trillion.

By CCM Marketing Intern, Jadasia Norris In May we celebrated our Mothers; in June, our Fathers. So it’s only natural to celebrate our parents together in July!

By Peter Rosenberger As the news of yet another mass shooting confronted America following the tragedy in Annapolis, the frequency of these events may have created an ancillary effect. Where Americans once put our hands over our mouth in horror, an increasing number merely pause to offer a brief tribute of sentiment as consolation.

[As appeared on Star Tribune] Ahhh, summertime. A time when many Americans pack up the family car or head to the skies for a getaway with the kids, or even a solo time of rest and relaxation.

In the late 90s, Medi-Share founder E. John Reinhold noticed the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) denomination submitting fewer medical bills than other members. At this time research was also being published by Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, and others about patients adhering to therapeutic lifestyle interventions, avoiding heart stents and bypass treatment.