As I sat in the chair by his bed the patient that I was caring for repeated over and over again, “I’m just a loser. That’s all there is to it, no matter what I try or what I do, I always make a mess of things.”
The question of suffering is a difficult one. Most of our energy is spent trying to end suffering as if it were a vermin that needed to be eradicated. But we haven’t been very successful despite our valiant efforts.
This past summer my wife and I took our three grandsons to see the movie Inside Out.
For some of us, the issue of euthanasia is not even on our radar screen but for many in Canada it is a very important topic of discussion.
One of the most disturbing stories Jesus ever told was one of a person in need and three people who saw the need, two of which chose not to get involved and one who did.
A while ago I was reading a report based on polling done in Scotland related to people’s perception of Christianity. It was revealing.
Tis “the night before Christmas”, folklore would have us believe that Christmas Eve is a time full of excitement and anticipation combined with quiet, sacredness.
This is my 62nd winter on earth. I have lived in a number of places, all of which had very different winters.
What do elections have to do with the work of a chaplain? Our nation’s universal health care is a national value funded in part through transfer payments from the federal to provincial governments.
Yesterday services were held in Canada and the United States and in various locations is Europe to commemorate the lives of members of the armed forces that were lost in the wars past.
