“I didn’t know that I needed you today,” she said to me as I was leaving the room where her father had just died. “But I did. Thank you for walking us through this.” The “this” was a planned, compassionate extubation and transition to comfort care that the family had scheduled for the Saturday that
I was born and raised in the St. Joseph catechism. As children we were focused on dogma. Who is God? Why did God make me? These have been the essential questions of my life going all the way back to Release Time. Every Wednesday, the public school kids would make their way to the local
Are you at a loss for what you can do in these tumultuous times? Are you wondering how you can push back against the negativity that swarms around us like torrential force winds? Here’s an idea that has helped me move and release negative energy and feelings of despair. Join a creative community! In the
As a Christian clergyperson, Lent has always been a season of reverence—a time of reflection, repentance, and preparation. It’s a space carved out for stillness and self-examination, a return to God through humility. This year, though, I find myself entering Lent differently—not just as a leader, but as someone deep in grief. Grief doesn’t wait
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