Reflections from an experienced chaplain going through the loss of his own father. My father died April 2018. In October I traveled back to Colebrook, CN to help my family celebrate his life in the church across the street from the house where he grew up. When I returned from…
May the Light Keep You
This 2018 Solstice I wrote an article for the a Patheos Pagan Blog that was selected for their Yule newsletter.
Spiritual Care Research Part 2: Impact on Patients and Healthcare
When I was a resident in the Pastoral Education Program at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah I did a second residency with an emphasis on surveying research into the efficacy of spiritual care. I looked over dozens of studies (the bibliography is available here) and wrote up…
Spiritual Practices for White Discomfort
Spiritual Practices for White Discomfort I think my favorite is “When judgment comes up, try turning to curiosity…” Yeah, happens all day long in chaplaincy. All day long… Great article. Want to add it here.
Spiritual Care Research Part 1: Impact on Patients and Healthcare
It is time that I put the presentations and documents put together during my second CPE residency out and available online. These materials are published with the gracious permission of Episcopal Community Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, who paid for my residency during which I engaged in this research. This first…
The 2-Week No Single-Use Plastic Challenge
I was really shaken by the movie “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” I knew things were bad, I did not realize they were this bad. Not only is climate change going to get us, but we’re all going to drown in plastic. The tons and tons of plastic…
New Section on Spiritual Care
I work as a hospital chaplain. During my clinical pastoral education residency I did a specialty residency looking at research into the impact of spiritual care on the patient experience, patient outcomes and healthcare cost. I was a little surprised to find that there is a wealth of research done on…
Finding God Amid the Noise
Here is a sermon I did at South Valley Unitarian Universalist on the 13th of July 2014 about Richard Gaillardetzs’ reflections on how technology influences our spirituality and connectedness. Enjoy! Finding God Amid The Noise
Sermon: Parable of the Ten Talents
This is a short (about 9 minutes) sermon that I did for spiritual preaching class at Iliff School of Theology. It uses a style of inductive preaching called delaying the story, and actually uses three different stories in connected metaphor to imply a message. If you pay attention you will…
Reflections on Worth and Dignity
This sermon was delivered on July 7, 2013 at South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society during our summer of our seven principles. This was the first in a series of worship services centered around the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism. Our first principle is really one of the foundations of our…