Rich Dixon is back +++ Last time Monte comforted a little girl and opened the door to a conversation with her mother. Once they left, Monte’s job was done. He went back to surreptitiously scrounging for crumbs. A few minutes later a woman approached and asked if she could join us. She had observed our […]

We talked about conversation yesterday. Here’s a followup. As we look closely at the account of Moses and the burning bush, we see that there is something about that bush that wasn’t quite as amazing as we imagine it to be. There is something about it that invited questions from Moses rather than instant overwhelming […]

I went to the hospital room to visit. A relaxed visit on a calmer day than I usually have. Less frantic, less catastrophic. And in this room, the mood was less catastrophic. The patient was ready to leave. He knew that the diagnosis was the drug itself. Change the medication and things will be fine. […]

God. For the record, we would love to see a bush that burns without being consumed. Although we would have an explanation for it. We would love to hear you talk to us, to tell us what you want from us, what we are supposed to do. We would love to hear that you know us. But, […]

On Thursday, I was part of a mass casualty incident drill. Apparently, an awful storm came through our area. A crowd of people ended up at each of the Emergency Departments I work in. Family members of those people came to the two Family Reunification Centers that our chaplains helped run. I had conversations with […]