


Remote Revelations
Spiritual insights can come from anywhere: a scripture passage, a good sermon, a kind and loving word, a beautiful sunset, your TV remote control. Yes, I know that last one sounds like the answer in a, “Which does not fit?” word test. But it is my TV... Read more...
Grime Prevention
She was receiving antibiotics because she has a chronic disease. She had just started graduate school, but kept having to stop out because of her hospitalizations and of course—COVID. She was from a foreign country and deeply missed her family. Her health condition... Read more...Be Still and Know That I Am Mom
After weeks of being quarantined in her apartment, I have to coax my mother out of the building to take a walk. It’s funny to me that after two weeks of listening to her complain about being, “cooped up” and “in jail” she is so reluctant to come out. I don’t bring... Read more...
Nibbles To the Rescue
He was sitting up in bed with a bandage around his swollen hand and an I.V. running into his arm. I introduced myself as being from the Spiritual Care department. He motioned for me to sit down. “So what brings you to our fine establishment?” I asked. “Hamster... Read more...
A Light, Bulb Moment
I felt crazed by COVID, the state of our nation, the vomit puddles at my bus stop and of course—the election. So Monday afternoon I got down on my hands and knees and planted hope. I buried 150 daffodil bulbs in our back lawn. By mid-spring we may not have a new... Read more...
The Pieces In the Middle
Yesterday the kitchen table turned over on me. The leg broke exactly where I sit which would make you think I pile my plate with whole turkeys, pounds of potatoes and quarts of ice cream. That is only partially correct. Where it broke is also where I rest my foot. But... Read more...