What’s Your Greatest Adventure?

It was a bright spring afternoon in 1959. One boy in the small group of three came up with a remedy for their boredom. He convinced Nicky and Marilyn that they should accept his unprecedented idea of walking to a neighborhood duck pond. Their amazing adventure had begun.

Slow Painful Process

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, Oklahoma A surprising secret about grief is that it can become like a good friend, comfortable and routine. When my precious mother died, I suffered like many people do for a very long time.

“The Opposing Thumb Guy”

Take a good look. It’s always there, part of a healthy, whole hand. Hold up your hand and you’ll see it. The one digit that is pointing the opposite of the other four fingers, every time. Oh yeah, you can force it to go along with all the others, but you do have to work at it.

How Painful Is Your Life?

Pete was born into a wildlifeloving family. He was still in diapers when his father, Kyle, would bundle him, his older brother, Andrew, and his older sister, Susan, into the family’s pickup for a day of fishing. Even Pete’s mom, Linda, went along. Pete grew into “the spittin’ image”of his dad.

What has America become?

Has America become the land of special interest and the home of the double standard? Let's see, if we lie to Congress, it's a felony, if Congress lies to us it's just politics. The government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and does almost nothing for victims.

Thinking Out Loud

One of the real difficulties we find, especially as we get older, is that people we have known for years begin to die as one generation is replaced by the next. When we are young, we think we are invincible and will live forever; and that death is just something for old folks.

. . . from the Pastor’s Desk

Pain and suffering. Many of us experience pain and suffering in one way or another; physical, emotional, relationally, financial. Sometimes our pain and suffering is mild, but at other times we wonder how we will ever go on. There have been times I have asked that question— maybe you have also.

“Where’s The ‘Lost and Found,’ Please?”

On August 28, 1815, Captain Riley sensed something was wrong. It was 3:00 in the morning. A thick fog had surrounded his ship, so they were late arriving at port. Suddenly, a loud rumble filled Riley’s ears. It was breakers. The ship was on a direct course toward a rocky shoreline.

Thinking Out Loud

Has someone you trust told you a secret about your deceased loved one that has added immeasurably to your grief? Were you going through his/her papers and found some information about the past that has stunned you? Has evidence of physical or emotional infidelity turned up as you read old emails?

Thinking Out Loud

ONHL Hospice Chaplain Drumright, Oklahoma Bristow, Oklahoma There are moments in life when we get so caught up in the emotions and events of what has happened in the past that we miss out on the present. We can let these feelings of despair, fear, or sadness engulf us.