Loss is hard. When we lose someone or something important to us, we may feel our lives have become out of balance. What is comfortable to us has changed. We experience sadness or anger, longing or anxiety, guilt or helplessness. When we are faced with the loss of someone or something important to us, we…
“When you live a life of prayer, it doesn’t matter what side of the prison fence you’re on. I’ve already died a thousand times in a thousand concentration camps. There is no new information to trouble me…” When Etty Hillseum wrote these words, she was a prisoner in Germany and would soon die at Auschwitz….
Terry Dent joined Forest Baptist Church in the Newburg neighborhood wearing a halo brace to support his broken neck and back after he suffered a seizure while driving. Little did he know he would wear a spiritual halo by being asked to start a health ministry and serve as a deacon for the church that…
One of the great weapons that people can use to fight mental, physical and emotional fatigue and exhaustion is deep breathing. Deep breathing can bring refreshment and rejuvenation of the mind, body and soul in a matter of minutes. Deep breathing is essential to relaxation and good performance. Slow, deep, rhythmic breathing causes a reflex…
If you are following along with the Daniel Plan, you have read the first two chapters of the book. From just those first few pages, you likely noticed the Daniel Plan isn’t just a diet or fitness regimen, but rather a way of living that emphasizes much more than how we eat and whether we…
Sure, a hospital couldn’t run without doctors and nurses. But there are countless underdogs helping families get through some of the most difficult times of their lives. One of them is chaplain Rev. Brian Wilson, M.Div. He sat down with us to talk about what it’s like to do his job. Why did you become…
When we think about wellness we automatically think of our bodies and physical wellness: exercising, eating healthfully, getting enough sleep. We might even think about spiritual wellness: having a discipline like prayer or reading scripture, meditation or worship. But how often do we think about our emotional wellness? How do we pay attention to that?…
When I was 10 years old, I got Dog. My sister’s boyfriend brought him home to us from the Sale Barn. Dog was the runt of the litter, and since he was tiny, in ill-health and not expected to live, the auctioneer sold him for $1. My sister’s boyfriend didn’t see the harm in bringing…
Stephen Covey tells of a little girl holding two apples when her mother comes along and asks her for one of them. The girl looks up at her mom and takes a bite of one apple, then the other. The mom feels disappointed at her daughter’s selfishness. Then the little girl gives one of her…
It’s time to come clean, and frankly, I’m relieved. You see, I am a Norton Healthcare chaplain, but I don’t work alone. There is someone else working alongside me. His name is Stan. Stan goes everywhere I go. He sees the same patients, reads the same medical records and attends the same meetings, yet he’s…
If you pray, you know you are not alone. Yes, your prayer is received by a higher power, but sometimes it goes even further than that. The Rev. Adam Ruiz sees evidence of this every day in his role as staff chaplain for Norton Healthcare. Read his thoughts on how a simple prayer request can…
The practice of letting go You know you should. Everybody says it’ll help you feel better. The hardest part is walking or rolling into the room that first time. The expectations, the ideas — let them go. Ignore the voices that say you must have a certain something or be a certain way and bring…
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