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How to Care for Your Spirit

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on June 1, 2023 by Steve DurkacJune 1, 2023

Today, we recognize the whole person as having three interactive dimensions of body, mind, and spirit. We care for the body through proper nutrition and exercise. We care for the mind through similar efforts that help keep us grounded in reality and social behavior. But what about the spirit? How do we care for our spirit? Well, it is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Spiritual Care | Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, Bible, John 17:17, Matthew 4:4, Romans 15:4, Scripture, spirit, spiritual care

ABC’s of the Gospel

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 30, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 30, 2023

The gospel is the good news of Christ’s redemptive plan to deliver us out of Satan’s grip in the world around us. It is the good news that Jesus stepped into humanity to become the sacrifice for our sins to rightfully redeem us from this fallen world. Here is what I call the ABC’s of the Gospel because they tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Spiritual Care | Tagged Acts 16:31, forgiveness, gospel, Gospel Presentation, John 1:12, John 1:29, Romans 10:9, Romans 6:23, salvation

Love Beyond Death

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 26, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 26, 2023

When a loved one dies, the love that you’ve had for them or with them does not die. Love and the relationship that you have had does not die with the person. You still carry that love with you and that is the reason you are grieving the loss. With the person no longer available for you to express your … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged 1 John 4:8, 1 Timothy 6:16, coping with grief, death, grief, Love

Objectives & Strategies for Grievers

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 13, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 15, 2023

In the process of grieving, there is no time frame assigned or one-size fits all approach to assure a healthy grieving process. There are elements to healthy grieving that one can be intentionally incorporate into their grieving experience, and that is what I want to share here. I want to share some objectives to aim for as you move forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged coping strategies, coping with grief, grief, grief experience, objectives in grief

Death Notification and Children

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 12, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 13, 2023

I want to address a topic that I find myself dealing with from time to time as a hospital chaplain and that is notifying children of a family death. It is not uncommon for children to be shielded from the condition of a dying parent or family member in the hospital. An unresponsive patient with breathing tubes and monitor wires … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged children, death notification, death of family, death of parent, grief

Grief Stages

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 11, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 11, 2023

In her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying,” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist, introduced us to what we now know as five stages of grief. When she originally penned these stages they were called the five stages of death. At the time, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was working with terminally ill patients and she cited these five emotions as what were … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged acceptance, Anger, bargaining, denial, depression, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, grief, stages of grief

Grief Types

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 10, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 11, 2023

Previously I shared a post on Grief Styles but here I want to share a post on Grief Types. I’m taking my lead from several sources that have referenced multiple types of grief. So I am going to yield to their wisdom, and am going to use the terms used by Liz Kelly, a licensed social worker in Washington D.C. … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged grief, grief experience, Matthew 5:4, types of grief

Grief Styles

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 9, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 16, 2023

Sitting with families who are hearing the bad news of a loved-ones death is a near daily occurrence for me, as a hospital chaplain at a trauma center. Since transferring to this trauma hospital and having this regular occurrence of witnessing people’s reaction to a death notification, my curiosity of grief styles has gripped my interest. The way people respond … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged grief, grief experience, grief styles, Matthew 5:4, mourning

Physician’s Guide to Death Notification

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on May 4, 2023 by Steve DurkacMay 13, 2023

It wasn’t long into my hospital chaplaincy career that I figured out that physicians do not like notifying a family that their patient loved-one has died. I’m mainly referring to a patient who has come into the Emergency Department because of a trauma like a motor vehicle crash or a cardiac arrest. Typically the family of these patients are led … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief Experience | Tagged death, death notification, emergency department, emergency room, grief, Hebrews 9:27, hospital chaplain, hospital chaplaincy, IED, physician

The Three Angel’s Message

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on April 23, 2023 by Steve DurkacApril 23, 2023

When we open to Revelation 14, we find the three angel’s messages going out to the world in the midst of these end-times and just before the return of Jesus Christ. These angels are symbolic of the church giving these messages to the world. The word “angel” actually means “messenger” and that is what we see here in Revelation 14:6-12. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thru Revelation | Tagged 1 John 3:4, Babylon, Mark of the Beast, Revelation 14:6-12, Revelation 14:6-7, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:9-11, Romans 14:23, Sin, Three Angels Message, Thru Revelation

Theology of Pastoral Ministry

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on April 20, 2023 by Steve DurkacApril 20, 2023

I want to speak to pastoral care in the context of ministry within the role of serving as a pastor. So here I wish to bullet a few points to consider. • Too often the image of a pastor is built around a “leader-executive” role, but not that of a shepherd. The pastor is expected to focused on getting butts … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations, Simpler Church | Tagged Acts 6:4, Ephesians 4:11, Pastor, pastoral care, pastoral leadership, shepherd-teacher

Former SDA Facebook Groups

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on September 9, 2022 by Steve DurkacApril 23, 2023

There is one Former Seventh-day Adventist Facebook group that I still follow, probably because it’s not as angry as the majority of these groups are. Although it has recently occurred to me that it too has the one or two critics who have found their fame in their anti-SDA cause. Over the years I have joined about all of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged Adventist, Facebook Group, Former Adventist, Once Adventist, SDA, Seventh-day Adventist

Revelation 21-22 — Study Highlights

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on August 10, 2022 by Steve DurkacAugust 10, 2022

We concluded Revelation 20 with the end of the millennium, the judgment of the wicked dead, and their fate in the lake of fire. What follows is the remaking of Eden and earth made new by fire and as we’ll see in chapter 21, Heaven makes it home on the earth made new. It is also worth mentioning that in … Continue reading →

Posted in Thru Revelation | Tagged Bible Study Highlights, Heaven, Thru Revelation

Spiritual Self-Care?

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on August 3, 2022 by Steve DurkacMay 30, 2023

You may not be familiar with the term “spiritual self-care” so I am going to give you some definition and explain why I starting this new category in my blog. First, “spiritual” means  that element that is non-material in the holistic understanding of man as body, mind, and spirit. The spiritual aspect of our being that is most recognized with … Continue reading →

Posted in Spiritual Care | Tagged pastoral care, self-care, spiritual care

Revelation 19:11-20:15 — Study Highlights

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on July 27, 2022 by Steve DurkacJuly 27, 2022

As we pick up with the story-line in Revelation 19 we find Jesus returning to earth to deliver His saints from the troubling world directed by the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Revelation 19:11 say that “in righteousness he doth judge and make war” and following that In Revelation 20 we are introduced to a 1000-year period where … Continue reading →

Posted in Thru Revelation | Tagged 1000 years, Bible Study Highlights, end of world, Millennium, new earth, New Jerusalem, Thru Revelation

Church Purposes & Governing Values

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on July 26, 2022 by Steve DurkacJuly 26, 2022

When it came to how we did church, CrossHope Chapel held to the following four church purposes and seven governing values that guide our practices and focuses as a church.    Biblical Purposes 1. We seek to be a church where one can safely, without denominational bias, “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Simpler Church | Tagged church, CrossHope Chapel, Governing Values

CrossHope Chapel

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on July 25, 2022 by Steve DurkacJuly 25, 2022

For nearly 12-years CrossHope Chapel was an informal, simpler expression of church, where one could encounter the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, engage others in authentic New Testament fellowship, and be encouraged through the verse-by-verse study of the Bible. When you walked through the doors you would immediately notice that we had round tables, no pews or side by … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged CrossHope Chapel, pastoral ministry

Revelation 17:1-19:10 — Study Highlights

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on July 16, 2022 by Steve DurkacJuly 16, 2022

We are going to tackle a large portion of Revelation from chapter 17 through chapter 19, because it is all focused on God’s specific wrath against the Beast, apostate religion, and their partnership for global power, which we read about in the previous chapters. If you remember, from Revelation 12 to Revelation 14 we have an overview of Satan’s end-time … Continue reading →

Posted in Thru Revelation | Tagged Bible Study Highlights, End-Times, Judgment, Revelation, Revelation 17, Revelation 18, Thru Revelation

Happy Independence Day

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on July 4, 2022 by Steve DurkacJuly 4, 2022

Happy Independence Day! I share with you an insightful statement from 1906, found in today’s Maranatha devotional by E.G. White. The statement speaks in support of patriotism and against political deconstruction. Enjoy… “The Lord has done more for the United States than for any other country upon which the sun shines. Here He provided an asylum for His people, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged America in Prophecy, Ellen White, Revelation 1:3, Revelation 14, United Nations

Trials Common to Mankind

Chaplain Steve Durkac Posted on June 11, 2022 by Steve DurkacJune 11, 2022

The trials we face are different from the trials that another will face. All trials test us in a sense because they can be tools to adjust our faith in God or draw us further in opposition of Him. The trials that we all face come in many forms like disease, poverty, emotional distress, relationship conflict, stress, and may be … Continue reading →

Posted in Pastoral Notes | Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13, temptation, trials

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