Health & Lifestyle

The experts who were interviewed in the January/February 2026 feature, “Do We Have Our Priorities Straight?” talked about the importance of vulnerability and how participating in a healthy community can help in one’s healing journey and satisfaction in life. Here is a survey of some of the highlights: 

MyRon Edmonds says, “The only reason why somebody would attempt little is because they think small. Their thinking has been impaired by life. We've got a lot of people who've been beat down by life, families, generational stuff. ..."

“The way that children create bonds with their caregivers is a huge piece to how those children begin to navigate life experiences,” says Walleska Bliss, a psychologist and member of Chesapeake Conference’s Middletown (Md.) church. 

Pastor Dee Casper says that Seventh-day Adventist members—like all people—also deal with loneliness. “I think that not knowing how to deal with [loneliness] is a big problem.”