300 words a day

I was preparing to go from my work as a hospital chaplain to a graveside service and back. The morning hadn’t been any more chaotic for us than normal, though the situations I’d walked through had been uncertain for the people involved. I dropped my clipboard on my desk, told my colleague I’d chart when […]

God. Happy Easter. Or happy resurrection day. We work hard to find exactly the right words to use for greetings on this day. Because we want to navigate the right ways to express our faith or to not offend someone. Knowing, some of us, that the people we’re most afraid of offending are the people […]

I’ve had a lot of conversations in the last week with people in difficult situations. I can’t remember all of the conversations. I can’t remember all the people. I can’t remember all the situations. I do remember this one: A patient and a friend were in the standing in the hallway near her room. The […]

More from Rich Dixon on Rolling Fork, MS. (Please consider his request at the end) +++ Last time I introduced you to our friends in Rolling Fork and left a “hospital” cliffhanger. Only six days remained in the ride. After all those miles…a hospital? When Meg invited us to Rolling Fork to speak to their […]