Defying Tedium
How are you coping these days, my friends? Due to COVID-19, everyone I know is engaged in some sort of intense examination of our world, a questioning of self and…
Empowering Ourselves to Heal: A Talk at The Celebration, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A Talk at The Celebration, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 22, 2014 Click here to listen to this talk The title of my talk is “Empowering Ourselves to Heal.’’ For most of…
Staying the Course
This morning on one of my favorite runs on the Santa Fe Rail Trail I came to a sudden halt when I realized that somehow I’d strayed from the trail…
Giving (and Getting) the Best Advice
I have a friend who is extremely smart; she probably has a genius I.Q. She’s also one of those people who seems to know a lot about everything. I often…
How To Practice Sacred Listening with the Sick or Dying
These “Don’ts” and “Do’s” aren’t hard-and-fast rules, but guidelines to help you think about how using language thoughtfully can best help a patient (if you are a health care professional)…
The Art of Sacred Listening
To see a video of the service including this sermon, click on this link: “The Art of Sacred Listening” I’ve spent most of my professional life working as a writer,…
More Air
When I left the Bay Area and returned to Santa Fe in April of this year, I was abruptly reminded of how difficult it can be for the body to…
Say “I Love You”
Photo: Hollis Walker It started soon after I began my residency as a hospital chaplain. The first one was a 80-ish woman patient, just someone I was visiting on my…