Faithfulness

WEEK 5
Faith
Faithfulness

A doctor friend was asked to produce a set of bullet points for a patient fact sheet about healthy living. He included the obvious candidates: Don’t smoke; Drink and eat moderately; Take exercise; and so forth. Then he playfully added two final bullet points: Have a happy and faithful marriage; Go to church.

Colleagues were outraged. ‘You can’t possibly add the last two!’ He teased them further: ‘The scientific evidence is pretty convincing. Happy and faithful marriages and active religious involvement can both contribute significantly to good health.’...