Tag: Chaplain
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The Ministry of Motherhood: A Mother’s Day Reflection
This weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day, a time of reflection, a time for gratitude. I think about and miss my mom, God rest her soul, whose legacy is elegant in its simplicity. As I reflect on this Mother’s Day, I think not only of my mom, but those mothers I…
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Light Of The World
After a rainy winter where we live, the sunshine lately has been most welcome – a reminder that in the beginning creation was formless, empty and dark … and then there was light. (Genesis 1:1-3) What is it about light that is so life-giving, and a source of re-creation?
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We Need To Talk – Part I
“Take me home. I’m done with hospitals, doctors and all that comes with it. I just want to be in my own home, my own bed…”
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Childlike Faith: Connecting Mind With Heart – Part I
As rational, reasoning beings, how am I to understand Jesus’ message in the Gospels about having the faith, humility, and trust of a child?
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To Hurt Is Human, To Suffer Divine
The door to the room was open. From the doorway I could see the patient sitting by the window, sun streaming in, his head tilted up, eyes closed, sunlight shining on his face.
