When I was in seminary, I once had a classmate describe to me what it was like to be diagnosed with a chronic health issue
“So, what do you do for a living?” As someone who’s been serving in ministry for over seven years now, I have learned to anticipate
A year before my grandfather died, I remember sitting with him on the front porch of his small Cape Cod style home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A few weeks ago, I found myself needing to request a shift off at my hospital where I work as a chaplain. However, while requests
It had something to do with a funeral—or so we were told. But within the documents buried away in the Library of Congress lay a
In a small, plastic box in my office closest sit a pile of neatly folded letters. While the letters are old and the ink in
Since its arrival globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic and financial insecurity for millions of people around the globe while also resulting in a
As a hospital chaplain, whenever I am called into the room of a patient who has died, I find myself tending to their family and
Last week, I found myself standing in the hallway of the unit in my hospital which had been housing our COVID-19 patients since the pandemic
It is without a doubt that all of us are experiencing collective trauma stemming from this pandemic. Certainly, those who have lost loved ones from
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