Some of you have noticed in real life (and here) that I’m a bit introspective these days. We’ve lived in Indiana for 40 years, coming here to start my professional career. We’ve lived in our current house for 29 years. I know when my hospital work is done (12/31/2025). Because I have several other projects, […]

I walked my friend Dianna from our chaplaincy office on the edge of the Emergency Department out to triage. It was the end of her last shift as a chaplain. She’s retiring. She’d been up all night. A couple of deaths. She talked with families, talked with nurses, completed the paperwork of death. A couple […]

God. We need refuge. With all the voices telling us what’s wrong, we need a place that is quiet. With all the questions running through our heads, we need a place where we feel safe. With all the fears for the future of the world, of our families, of our bodies, we need a place […]

There is, in the Bible in Revelation 21, an image of tears being wiped away. And no more tears or death or mourning or crying or pain. It’s a fixture in funerals, it’s a last reading. I hear it, from time to time, used as a reason to stop feeling bad. “Because of that then, […]

Just a simple greeting this morning. I hope you can take a moment. Gratefully, Jon.