“I wish I read your Sabbath Moment before my meeting,” my friend, a hospice chaplain, tells me. “I was just with my hospice supervisor. Her question to me, ‘What are your long term goals?’” “I wanted to laugh out loud,” she…
For Rugby fans, Saturday was magical. For non-fans, Saturday was magical. And heartwarming.South Africa wins their third World Cup. The enduring image? 28-year-old Siya Kolisi, the Springboks’ first black captain, lifts the trophy.In my TV room, I smile big, and…
"How shall I account for the two, or the ten, missing years on my résumé? How should I explain the gap?" These are questions asked of Dr. Kimberley Patton, by students at Harvard Divinity School, fretful and uneasy in the application…
We are, every one of us, so beautifully fragile.It just doesn’t always feel that way does it? You know, the beautiful part.Instead, we feel on edge or unglued. And we recoil, apologize, or feel at the mercy of.Because we begin…
A funny thing happened on my way to writing this week’s Sabbath Moment.I walked out of a Subway eatery, sandwich in hand. The sun’s warmth heaven-sent and calming. Creedence in my ear buds (“Who’ll Stop the Rain”). And a wave…
We are wired to savor. To live awake and attentive, present in the moment… “being spontaneously surprised by the goodness and beauty of living.”What is not a surprise is that savoring is also good medicine for our blue moods.But I forget…
Sometimes we need stories more than food to stay alive. They remind us what really matters and allow us to see with our heart. Stories save us.Like the story about how Stephanie Disney (audiologist at the Commission for Children with…
I try not to cry on airplanes. It’s not kosher. And, it looks eccentric.But when I watch movies or read books that tug at my heart, I cry. I used to be self-conscious about it. But not so much anymore.…
Some days I don’t feel strong. Days when I don't have the words. But I do know that telling stories is a non-negotiable part of healing. Mr. Rogers stepped out of a Manhattan subway train onto the platform. A group of people…
Oliver Sacks lived bigger than life. Passionate, eccentric and engaged. As a doctor, (renowned neurologist), he treated patients who suffered, well, from just about everything (including unusual neurological disorders, and you may remember him from the movie, Awakenings).On this, he…
