made two left turns and arrived at my workstation. listened to patient messages on the answering machine. made personal menu changes for breakfast. took a quick break. came back to my computer and started working on lunch menus for every patient...
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I would’ve preferred the American evangelical church had said nothing, or at the least, “Let’s respect all sides.” Literally anything else. As someone who works in a hospital and is also a POC, mostly I felt embarrassment. Pastors in 2020 lived outside of reality. I was told, “N...
people-pleasing, trauma, grief, and family dynamics, and finding our own voice in world of mixed messages. I talk about my hospital chaplaincy, what I learned from patients at the edge of life and death, and giving a voice to those who have been silenced—those like you and me. ...
This is my face near the end of a chaplain shift at the hospital. I entered chaplaincy almost six years ago. I have loved every second of it. And every second of it has been brutally, insanely, impossibly hard. I’ve sat with thousands of patients now. So many who told me their f...
Hello online family. I am very happy to share that I was interviewed by CNN journalist Faith M Karimi about my hospital chaplain work. Thank you Faith for interviewing me and our amazing palliative physician Dr. Tuch about our care for our patients. Very grateful for my fellow chaplains and...
Featured on CNN: This hospital chaplain has counseled thousands of dying patients. Here’s what he’s learned Hello online family. I am very happy to share that I was interviewed by CNN journalist Faith M Karimi about my hospital chaplain work. Thank you Faith for interviewing me and our ...