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Every First SUCKS
I know I took a hiatus for Lent, but I am using the “Sundays don’t count” loophole. I am a chaplain. I know what to say or what not to say in times of crisis. I have lost loved ones before. I know how painful death can be for the survivor. I have never lost…
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Dream Hiatus
This will be my last blog post for the duration of Lent. I have elected to give up social media in most of its forms and return to my wayward practice of morning scripture reading, prayer, and journaling. This is not the post I planned nor the direction I intended for Lent, but I cannot…
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Superbowl Sunday
No blog post today! Hope my fellow football fans get to share one of America’s most beloved pastimes with family and friends.
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Fight Song
I took advantage of the holiday break during semesters to work on my chaplain board certification packet with the hope of receiving both my M.Div. and board certification within a few months of each other. One of the essays required that I discuss my self-care routines. Easy in that I have been discussing my self-care…
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Manna from Russia
In the summer of 1991, shortly after the fall of communism, I spent three weeks in Russia with the People-to-People Student Ambassador Program: promoting peace through understanding. We did the tourist things, but our main purpose was to get to know the people and to build relationships with kids our own age. Somewhere in the…
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Salt
Salt. I cannot stop thinking about salt. My mom tells a story about a cooking mishap early in her marriage with my father. As she cooked, the salt fell into the dish. She tried her best to scoop out the excess salt, but the meal still came out tasting way too salty. My dad was…
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Ordinary
Today my heart and my prayers are with my friends as we launch our new organic church, Ordinary CC. (I am working as I do every Sunday.) Odd choice of name, perhaps, but when we were trying to come up with a name that fit who we are and what we hoped to accomplish, we…
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The View Within
Today’s sermon was about not squandering our God-given talents, a reminder that ALL belongs to God. Seems like all the sermons I have listened to this week have been about a similar topic – ALL belongs to God. That is what troubles my heart. We do not have to look very far to see that…
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I Want to Be the Face of Love
During one of my hospital visits yesterday, I met a man from Africa. He shared with me how peaceful he felt being in the hospital for new year’s rather than out amongst the American traditionalists celebrating with rowdiness and drunkenness. He shared how his family back home – seven hours ahead – were preparing to…
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Breakfast With Jesus
Yesterday, I gave the commencement speech for R.C. Freedom’s C.P.E. (clinical pastoral education) graduation. As a fellow graduate of the program and fellow chaplain, I elected to discuss the importance of self-care. I based the talk on John 21:12-13 – using a lesson I learned from this past summer’s PALCON (pastor’s and leader’s conference) speech…
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