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This site is where I write and post Blog articles on topics related to dying, grieving, and biblical faith. You’ll find 350+ posts in eight different categories, including Chaplain Reflections and Hospice Notes.
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The highlighted articles below are included in the Hospice Booklets and related to the hospice journey in matters of the spiritual, dying, and grief.
• The Hospice Chaplain — If you have a loved one entering hospice care, you will have access to a hospice chaplain. The hospice chaplain is part of the interdisciplinary...
• Making Peace — Few of us have actually set out to live our lives as pirates, obsessively searching for rum and treasure while giving no regard for contributing…
• Why Bad Things Happen — When a loved one lays unconscious and dependent on a machine to breathe or a simple drive to the grocery store is interrupted…
• Appointed Time to Die — Most of us have heard it said, “When it’s your turn to go, it’s your turn to go” or “When your number comes up, there’s nothing you can…
• When Someone is Dying — There are signs of dying when a loved-one is struggling with a terminal disease or for whatever reason is at the end of their life. People don’t die…
• CPR, DNR, and Letting Go — It is a very emotionally difficult position to be in when a physician asks the family if they want them to do all they can to keep your loved one…
• When Your World Shatters — As a chaplain at a trauma hospital just miles from the beaches of the upper Gulf Coast, I frequently deal with patients and families who…
• Hope Beyond Death — The immediate shock and despair of a loved one’s passing can leave us feeling hopeless about the future. No matter how much we may…
• Death is Not a Friend — I recently watched a documentary that followed a grief counselor as he gave advice and counsel to people and families facing death…
• Grief is an Ocean — Somewhere on social media I saw a quote that expressed the idea that grief is an ocean. I don’t know where I saw it, who said it or how it…
• As Unique As You — Sitting with families who are hearing the bad news of a loved one’s death was a nearly daily occurrence for me when I worked as a hospital...
• Objectives & Strategies in Grief — In the process of grieving, there is no time frame assigned or one-size fits all approach to assure a healthy grieving process…
