Video: What’s the lesson God’s teaching?
I often hear people talking about God teaching them this lesson or that. Though we have many stories about the
How not to help a sufferer.
Before considering what to do to be helpful, Gavin Ortland suggests four things NOT to do. (Read the full article
When visiting people in the ER, look them in the eyes.
Some of us are squeamish about blood, especially in the hospital. So when we need to visit a friend, family
One way to find a funeral home.
At our hospital, chaplains are the people with the responsibility and opportunity to ask families what funeral home they will
10 simple phrases when visiting in the first hours after a death.
I’m sorry. Nothing: (Sixty seconds of silence) May I take care of that? (and take the tissue out of their
Resource: Humanitarian Disaster Institute.
The Humanitarian Disaster Institute provides incredibly helpful, practical resources for people who are helping with disaster relief. It was founded by
Can my loved one hear me?
In the last hours and minutes of people’s lives, laying in hospital and hospice beds, we often hear the question,
Resource: Suffering with
Cynthia B Eriksson starts her article Suffering With: A Tender Journey of Mutuality in Suffering, Comfort, and Joy with words
Remember the best conversation, not necessarily the last one.
People often say, “I wish I had told them I loved them” the last time they spoke with their loved
“How trees respond to loss”
Jason’s book is How Trees Deal with Loss.
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