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 […]

I’m teaching a course about pastoral care. I decided to record a conversation with a couple friends who are licensed counselors and chaplains and experienced in church (and other) ministry. It’s a great conversation. And the video has three voices but only two faces. When I’m on video calls, I often get rid of self-view. […]

Rich Dixon is back to talk a bit about the important third member of the team: +++ In Sikeston, Missouri, our three “person” team encountered a local restaurant & interactive tourist landmark – Lambert’s Cafe created its reputation based on “Throwed Rolls.” Seriously. Want another roll? Raise your hand and a guy tosses it across […]

Many new parents keep the ink and skin prints of their infant child’s hands and feet. Often, in some craft project in school or scouts or Sunday school, hands are captured in plaster, with “happy mother’s day” scratched above in a font named “indecipherable.” I understand. We probably have one or the other around, too. […]

As we read about Pharaoh in Exodus 1, we read about a person who has the power to destroy lives, to change everything. Because he was treated as a god, what he said was done. But really, all of us can, in fear, destroy lives. Perhaps not on the scale of Pharaoh, but we can […]