Category Archives: Pastoral Care
Thoughts on Smoke, Suicides, Gracie Jane, the Media Legal System and I guess I’m not Patriotic
Gracie Jane…the Boston Legal Nancy Grace Today was one of those weird days. I got up relatively early for a day off only to have my morning interrupted by a page from the Emergency Room to deal with a suicide. … Continue reading
Filed under ER's and Trauma, faith, leadership, Lies of World Net Daily, Military, Pastoral Care, philosophy, Politics, PTSD, purely humorous
It’s what You learn after You know it All that Count’s: Padre Steve’s Advice for those contemplating the Ordained Ministry
Yesterday evening I had a dear friend of our call me to ask me about serving as a spiritual director as she began to seriously explore the call to the Episcopal Priesthood. As a Navy chaplain and Army Chaplain before … Continue reading
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The Long and Winding Road: My Journey to Life
“Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one’s own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.” Henri Nouwen … Continue reading
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The Evolving Faith of a Miscreant Priest
“Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.” Andrew A Greeley Three years ago I had an emotional physical and spiritual breakdown as the life and faith that I had known for many years came apart … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, Pastoral Care, PTSD, Religion, Tour in Iraq
To the Edge of Darkness: Notes on a Conference
I’m home for a conference on Spirituality and Trauma at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth this week. The primary speaker is Dr. Robert Grant, author of The Way of the Wound a Spirituality of Trauma and Transformation. I had the pleasure … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Pastoral Care, PTSD
Yes God Really does Love the Real World
“God loves human beings. God loves the world. Not an ideal human, but human beings as they are; not an ideal world, but the real world. What we find repulsive in their opposition to God, what we shrink back from … Continue reading
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Full Military Honors: Getting a Chance to Repay a Service done for My Family by the Navy
Last summer my dad Aviation Storekeeper Chief Carl Dundas died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Since I wasn’t much good for anything then my boss at my last duty station Chaplain Jesse Tate contacted the Chief of Chaplains … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Military, Pastoral Care, shipmates and veterans, US Navy, vietnam
Clergy Burnout and Suicide: A Growing Problem
Father Mulcahy: What an ordeal. 72 hours straight. I’m prayed out – absolutely prayed out. Hawkeye: Don’t forget, Father, God was on six days straight. Father Mulcahy: He was a lot younger then. It doesn’t matter whether you feel useful … Continue reading
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Learning from David Wilkerson: A Reflective Moment
David Wilkerson died Wednesday in a tragic car wreck on a rural East Texas highway bridge. I wrote about this yesterday and have had more time to reflect on Reverend Wilkerson’s life and ministry and what struck me again and … Continue reading
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