The reason earthly life is so precious is because it ends. It just does. And I don’t think our culture has a proper understanding and...

I just finished streaming The Mandalorian, which includes baby Yoda and a cast of characters whose names I have trouble recalling.  I am...

No one wants the call from the doctor that the biopsy shows cancer. I go that call in October, but it was softened by the fact that this...

Many times, I’ve visited with a patient who simply needed a kind word and a warm blanket. A couple weeks ago, while chatting with a...

Some folks touch our hearts. They have a special quality…it can be their amazing talent, generous heart, mental tranquility, or an...

I decided a few months ago to reclaim my maiden name on this journey to honor Spirit. My path is my own and my name should be my own. And...

“If you are in a hospital bed, then you are likely experiencing a crisis,” I often tell patients that are struggling with anxiety. The...

An unexpected and amazing part of my residency experience has been coordinating a research project for Mayo Clinic. The topic is the...

One of the rituals hospital chaplains can have the opportunity to provide is the baptism of a baby. Typically, a family waits to pursue...

When I was a little girl, my sister and I played dolls. We had a menagerie of Barbies, trolls, wooden animals, and Cabbage Patch dolls....

It was thirty years ago that I got my first tattoo. A little yellow moon with a blue heart. I designed it myself. My poor mom had a fit...

One of the responsibilities that I have as a Chaplain Resident is to provide an interdenominational worship service for the psychiatric...

I drove out to the frozen Mississippi River to visit with new friends and see a part of the world that I had not known existed until...

This Christmas season is strange. It is different. I had the opportunity to spend time with my family and friends in a pre-season...

Training as a chaplain is the most beautiful and challenging education I have embarked on since I learned how to be a mother. This...

Last week I was trained as a Eucharistic Minister for the hospital where I work. Though I’ve been Catholic since I was little, it never...

Day to day living requires a lot from us. Even when things are going smoothly, there are chores, bills, traffic jams, and a thousand...

Everyone has spiritual needs. The faithful, the faithless, and the agnostics all have soul-requirements. A happy soul is evident in those...

It feels like there is a lack of love in many of our communities and in our nation as a whole. There is a deficiency of civility,...

This question is asked a thousand times a day in the hospital setting, which is the environment in which I work. I have heard the...