Month: October 2020

Deep Suffering and Great Joy

In graduate school, I worked as a chaplain in a large hospital, and once a week would work a 24-hour shift covering the entire hospital. One late evening I got a page (yes, we used pagers) to visit a woman

Critically Thinking About the Ordinary, Vol. III

During opening remarks in our recent student development division meeting, Dean Smith asked, “Who do you want people to say you are?” He concluded the meeting with, “Show students how to have good and hard conversations.” Dr. Smith is known

Walking in Peace

I rewrote this Chaplain’s Corner four times. I could not get the message right or the theme seemed off. Then, I decided to get out of my head and to look into my heart and to speak as a spiritual

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