Health Care
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Brave Kindness
She is clearly kind. But why would this nurse need bravery? The answer comes as a question. How many times across your long career did you say to yourself when the alarm went off, “Do I really want to show… Continue reading
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Hospitals And Prisons: How Both Threaten Loving Care
I am not only an alumnus of hospitals but also, as both a lawyer and minister, prisons. What do they have to do with caregiving? See if you spot similarities. Death Row: “You can’t comprehend the hell ,” Glenn, growled… Continue reading
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Unseen Acts of Caregiver Courage – Two Stunning Stories
Two Stunning Stories Stories that are shocking elsewhere are so commonplace in hospitals that their meaning is often lost. I re-raise the stories below as remarkable examples of two different kinds of courage. Some I witnessed during my career-long practice… Continue reading
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The Alumni Reunion
What Are We Thinking?:-) Hard to admit, but when I went back to RMH in 2015 I encountered several “old” partners. One of them saw my white hair and wrinkles, did not recognize me and blurted out “Is that really… Continue reading
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Dreaming of Riverside
Everybody dreams. 90+% forget them.* Not me. Last night another variation on an old dream. In this version, I am President & CEO of Riverside and OhioHealth once again (left in 1995!) In the dream, I am 82, my current… Continue reading
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Made to Belong
“We are made to belong.”- David Whyte Whyte’s quote (above) stars in the movie plot of our lives. Scene: California’s Warner Avenue Public School. Time: Recess. Autumn, 1954 “Wanna go out and play?” I asked my 6th grade friend Steve… Continue reading
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Who’s Listening?
If “pearls of wisdom” were real gems any caregiver who listened to our alumni’s lives would be rich. We amassed vast collections of these pearls. Now, we offer them at no cost. Who’s taking them? All that wisdom. But who’s… Continue reading
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Has Been or Never Was?
Whether old or young, make sure you some day you can say you were a great has-been not a lousy never-was. Continue reading
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Can Compassion Survive?
The last best hope for humanity as we know it is to redefine human relevance in a robot age. Now! Continue reading
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One Word Caregivers Can Never Use
When I took over Baptist Hospital in 1998 it was a patient facing organizational death. We replaced panic with peak performance and turned huge losses into a gain and saved the “patient’s” life. Failure became new life under a new… Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 