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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Kurt Jensen |Paul Jeffrey |Greg Hardesty
The heart is where a person can integrate his or her life amid a fragmented world, and the source of a heart's mending and life is "the mystery of the heart of Christ," said Bishop Daniel E.
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2 weeks ago | 
detroitcatholic.com | Paul Jeffrey |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (OSV News) -- When U.S. immigration agents unchained Franklin Funez and he stepped off a U.S. military airplane into the heat of his native Honduras on March 20, he was still dressed in the paint-splattered clothes he had worn two days earlier on his way to drop his children at school in Texas and then drive on to the painting company he owns. That's when local police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials pulled him over and put him in handcuffs.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
umnews.org | Paul Jeffrey
Key points: Decades after serving as a mission intern in Jerusalem, the Rev. Jane Eesley returned to the Holy Land in 2023 as a United Methodist missionary assigned to the Methodist Liaison Office. Within weeks of her arrival, Hamas militants attacked Israeli communities near Gaza, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Israel responded with a campaign that has killed more than 40,000 Gazans to date.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
umnews.org | Paul Jeffrey
Key Points: Amid increased harassment from Israeli settlers, a Lutheran Palestinian family continues its nonviolent struggle to keep the “Tent of Nations” farm. The Nassars bought the farm in 1916 as a sign of encouragement to local Christians, many of whom were beginning to emigrate. In 1991, the farm was declared state land, and the Nassars began a legal struggle to keep it. Many of the international observers who’ve visited the farm come from church groups.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Philip Jenkins |Paul Jeffrey
The Holy Land’s sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with an intractable war in Gaza and the looming threat of attacks by Hezbollah and Iran, airlines have canceled most flights into the region. Ancient churches normally filled with pilgrims are as empty as Jesus’ tomb. The streets of the old city of Jerusalem are deserted, merchant’s stalls shuttered. Larry Clark, a retired United Methodist pastor in Toledo, Ohio, decided it was the perfect time to visit the Holy Land.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
oursundayvisitor.com | Paul Jeffrey
JERUSALEM (OSV News) — The Holy Land’s sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with war in Gaza, most airlines have canceled flights to the region. The streets of the Old City of Jerusalem are deserted with merchant’s stalls shuttered. Yet for two Catholic peace activists from the United States, it was the perfect time to visit. Invited by Palestinian Christian groups, they joined with 10 other U.S. Christians and flew to neighboring Jordan.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
ajmc.com | Robert W. O'Brien |Diana I. Brixner |Ashley Peterson |Paul Jeffrey
OpinionVideoJune 19, 2024Author(s):In their closing remarks, the panel shares their view on the future of prescription digital therapeutics and the prospects for the widespread adoption and implementation of these therapeutics in health care systems. Video content above is prompted by the following questions:How can payers work with providers to establish protocols for appropriate PDT prescribing and monitoring efficacy?
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
ajmc.com | Robert O'Brien |Diana I. Brixner |Ashley Peterson |Paul Jeffrey
OpinionVideoJune 12, 2024Author(s):Panelists explore how payers choose between pharmacy and medical benefit designs for covering prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs), optimizing patient access and adoption, and discussing why the selected pathway was considered optimal for a specific PDT. Video content above is prompted by the following questions:How do payers determine the optimal pharmacy vs.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
ajmc.com | Robert W. O'Brien |Diana I. Brixner |Ashley Peterson |Paul Jeffrey
OpinionVideoJune 12, 2024Author(s):Health care professionals discuss the optimal timeline for collaborating with provider advocates to develop and implement protocols that facilitate patient access to prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs). Video content above is prompted by the following questions:Dr. Brixner: At what point(s) in the product lifecycle do clinicians want/need to receive education from PDT manufacturers to effectively learn about, prescribe, and manage these digital therapies?
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May 29, 2024 | 
ajmc.com | Robert O'Brien |Diana I. Brixner |Ashley Peterson |Paul Jeffrey
Identifying the Most Impactful Disease Areas and Patient Populations for PDTsDiana Brixner, PhD, highlights the potential for prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) to have impact in areas such as facilitating behavioral change for mental health conditions and strengthening adherence for complex disease states with intricate drug regimens.
