A few months ago a nurse contacted me with a very important question, “What do we do with the sadness we carry? And especially what do we do when it gets to be too heavy?”
Patriotism and religion? I grew up in a nation where in many of the churches the platform in the sanctuary was flanked by the Christian flag on one side and the American flag on the other side.
A few months ago a gal I work with came back from a Mexican holiday. As we talked about her holiday, she shared that the best part of the holiday for her was the day she spent working with children whose families live and work in the dump.
More often than I would like to admit, this complaint is voiced by patients I care for.
Life – what a mystery this thing we call life is. Human life is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries.
“Aggressive behavior”, “Behavioral problem”: these are labels that are often given to a person with dementia.
“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” Paul, the apostolic theologian, wrote these words between 50 and 60 A.D. or about 1960 years ago.
In the field of health care chaplaincy or “spiritual heath care” as it is now being called there is a growing insistence that a differentiation be made between “pastoral” and “religious care” and “spiritual care”.
“I never intended” this phrase could be used as an organizing principle for my life.
This week, March 7 – 13th is Health Ethics Week in Manitoba. The theme set for the week by the Provincial Health Ethics Network is “Doing the right thing – Doing the thing right”.
