Sometimes, I am keenly aware that my writing, processing, thinking, and speaking tends towards the dark, the haggard, and the grief-slog of day-in-day-out challenges. Often the things…… Read more “Light in the Darkness”
Category: chaplaincy
Emotional burden not burnout
Down time, some quiet, a couple moments of peace between one emotional, heavy day in patient rooms and family waiting rooms and another heavy, emotional grief group…… Read more “Emotional burden not burnout”
The Sick and Aging are part of the community
We in our modern society tend to build upon a myth of an ideal society, consisting of selected and approved individuals - of “normal" human beings, with… Read more "The Sick and Aging are part of the community"
You shall know the “***”, and the “***” shall…
The saying goes, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” There’s so much to this, and Jesus’ words have been used in…… Read more “You shall know the “***”, and the “***” shall…”
“Coping” as a couple
I like this photo, because it was taken in a good moment. I can’t even say, a good day, because our ebbing and flowing these days does…… Read more ““Coping” as a couple”
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 