Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain While I was in seminary, I spent time training to be a pastoral counselor, along with ten other chaplaincy interns at a large, urban hospital. Two days a week, we visited patients, attended autopsies, observed surgeries, and critiqued […]
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Ghost Train
“He said he knew exactly where to hit me that wouldn’t leave a mark, but would hurt like hell. Or I could give him all my money.” That was how Chris described being robbed on his latest crack binge, as he sat dejected and ashamed in my office. A frequent relapser, Chris had been clean […]
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