rob's reflections

on gratitude, 9-2-26

I have been interacting with a Christian patient who recently had a stroke. Because of the…

I’m not sure if I’ve ever written these thoughts down, but I have been reflecting on…

Early on in my role as a hospital chaplain, I was contacted by a doctor to…

One of the things that I have learned in the hospital is that there are things…

Recently, a group of nurses asked me to come to their unit so that they could…

In chaplain class, or Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), there is a focus on being self-aware. There…

I’m going to try to tell this story without revealing any information about who is involved,…

When I was a teenager, I went to a Baptist church, and a few times a…

Awhile back I received a message from a doctor asking me to visit a patient named…

As a chaplain, I do my best to open the conversation with a few questions, in…