300 words a day

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.

Today I’m talking to a group of people who care about people. Nurses and social workers and chaplains and pastors who are giving up time and attention to learn more about caring for the grieving and lonely. I’m grateful for the opportunity, anxiously hoping to be helpful. Aware that these are people who make a […]