Posts Tagged ‘prayer’
Why Comparison Is A Killjoy
Within a few months of moving to Marin County, CA it became obvious that we would soon move to Germany for my husband’s job. There was one problem. I’d fallen in love with the scenic beauty of where we lived. I didn’t want to leave. My resistance was rock-solid. I moved through all the emotions: anger,…
Read MoreDeath: Scared or Sacred?
The call came at 10:15 on a Sunday morning. It was Lana, the hospice nurse, calling to let me know that 70-year-old Bessie was actively dying in our in-patient hospice care facility. “She has no family,” Lana said to me. “We’re starting a Volunteer Vigil for her. Can you come sit with her for a…
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