Good Health for our Minds and Bodies

Unlike many sermons on maintaining good health, this one emphasizes the powerful effect of the mind on the body and the powerful effect of the body on the mind. The ideal state of mind is one dominated by the fruits of the Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23. The Bible places great emphasis on being content and joyful. We should do all that we can to nurture healthy minds and bodies so we can be the most effective servants of God.

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.