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Category Archives: gratefulness
Let’s live like we are blessed – because if we are here…we are!
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Resources to deal with Stress over the Holidays
As a chaplain I am constantly looking for, creating, and editing resources for staff, and patients and their families. I created a Holiday Blues resource for the Christmas/New Year Holiday season, and then I adapted it to be a more … Continue reading
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Storms
Subtropical Storm Alberto, May 26, 2018 An actual picture. Storm Ending BY JEAN TOOMER Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers, Rumbling in … Continue reading
A Blessing for Nurses
When preparing for a Nurse’s Week Service I searched for an image I could use in a blessing. When I found out it would be outside, I thought of a tree: Rooted and strong, upright but flexible, reaching out, but firmly … Continue reading
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Spirituality – What is it? My continued search.
What is your understanding of spirituality? This is a fundamental question for someone in chaplaincy, don’t you think? But I find I can’t easily answer it. One image comes to mind is from the movie Major League, where a baseball … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
WORD FOR THE DAY The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST VISIT GRATEFULNESS.ORG
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In the Eye of the Storm
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Tagged Christianity, depression, gratitude, meaning, Prayer, spirituality, stress, Truth
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The grass isn’t always greener
I received a wonderful quote the other day: WORD FOR THE DAY The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass … Continue reading
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Finding Our Spiritual Path
To find a spiritual path it is not necessary to give up our job, leave our family, change our religion, or travel to India or Tibet. We start wherever we are, not running away but right in the middle of everything. You might … Continue reading
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How to be Happy
WORD FOR THE DAY Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST Gratefulness.org
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Traces of Hope 