Full disclosure: I didn’t listen to Trump’s speech last night as I’m so tired of hearing his voice, watching him insult people, hearing his lies, and watching him verbally stumble through a speech. I don’t need to put myself through that, since he has long passed the point of saying anything about helping the general […]
Oh how I long for the day when the top government official in the United States will once again have good taste, emotional maturity, balanced mental health, strong moral character and respect for others. Even though they didn’t have the moral and ethical integrity of a Carter or Obama, Reagan, and both George Bush presidents
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Patriotism used to run deep in my blood- in my bones. Born on the 4th of July there has always been a strong bond between me and this once Great Nation of the United States. In years past that patriotism would stir an excitement in me as my birthday, and the birthday of our independence,
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Keeping up with the daily news is like watching an intense tennis match. One could get whiplash with the extreme back and forth in national and world events: The peace deal is on. Oops, the peace deal is off. Bombing has stopped. Oops, rockets are flying again. Gas prices are down a little. Oops, they
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It’s no secret that I’ve had lots of losses in recent years. Big ones, like the deaths of parents, husband, sister, and other family members, as well as friends, but also smaller ones like beloved pets and places where I lived that I loved. As someone who’s worked closely with death and dying, supporting patients
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I thought it would be fun to share some interesting slang words I recently saw on the Word Smarts Website. There are just a few here on the blog, but you can find more on the Word Smarts site, as well as more detailed information about them. “Wicked” is a word common to the northeast,
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Before turning the blog over to Slim so we can smile & relieve some stress over what’s happening domestically & on the world stage, I can’t let all things pass without pointing out a couple of truly absurd items in the news. Sometimes it’s a challenge to pick just two out of the tangled mess,
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms and special women in a child’s life. First off, I want to pay tribute to my mother, and send her some virtual roses. The following is a blog post I wrote about her in 2015. Ours was not a storybook relationship for many years, and it’s
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This blog post starts with a plea to elected officials to STOP using rhetoric that in any way supports political violence across party lines. We are not enemies, so it’s time to stop acting like we are. My second plea is to the media to STOP using words like adversary, revenge, anger, retaliation, and payback.
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One of the requirements of Clinical Pastoral Education is writing and leading a meditation that can be used as the prayer to start the class sessions. At least that’s the way it was in the training program I went through in Omaha NE be a hospital chaplain, but requirements may vary from place to place and