Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Day 97 – Lady with the Lamp
Nightingale spent her long life advancing nursing and caregiving. Although she was plagued for the last half of her life with chronic fatigue syndrome, the lady with the lamp championed nursing from Europe to America. Continue reading
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Days 95 & 96 – Leading from Love
…to let Love’s light flow through us so powerfully that it awakens the Love in all those around us. It is uncanny how powerful this Love can be in brightening the lives of those in pain. Continue reading
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Day 89 – Living Differently
The right way to live in a rule-oriented society is simple to describe but can be hard to live – as hard as it is to live Love or to be a Christian. Follow rules when they will advance Loving… Continue reading
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Day 83 – The Golden Thread of Faith
In the solitary hours of the night shift, with too many patients and too little staff, or in the middle of a hard day, the golden thread of faith may feel frayed. Continue reading
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Days 79-81 – Keeping Our Humanity in Techo-World
How do you preserve your humanity when confronted with pressures to conform? Continue reading
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Day 76 – Why God is Love, Not Fear
The truth is, fear is out of place in a culture of loving care. Continue reading
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Days 65-67 – Face to Face Meetings?
It’s hard to write a poem, a play, a situation comedy, or a contemporary movie screenplay today without including a cell phone. Continue reading
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Day 56 – In Private Places
Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which be explored only by those willing to take risks. -Adolph Gotlieb 1903-74 I often reflect on how irrelevant both arts and the notion of risk must seem to the everyday… Continue reading
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Day 49 – Inclinations Toward Love – A Darwinian Paradox
I see Love wherever beauty and truth thrive – whether in a caregiver, a flower, a sparrow, a monkey or a stanza of poetry. Our goal is not to question Love’s existence or to doubt through what form it may… Continue reading
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Day 40 – Replacing Pity With Compassion
More than two hundred years ago, the Scottish poet Robert Burns challenged us to see ourselves as others see us. Continue reading
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