Cracked: The Sequel

Chapel ServiceBaystate Medical CenterJuly 28, 2014These books on the altar....


Don’t Fear the Reaper: Reactions When I Tell People What I Do

I was in line at my local food co-op, which just so happens to have the....


Homily at Interfaith Iftar, July 19, 2014

[caption id="attachment_2986" align="alignleft" width="300"] one breaks the fast at Ramadan by eating dates[/caption]Let me start with gratitude. Thank you for this opportunity to take part in this interfaith iftar. Thank you for this chance to come....


Prayer for Learning Self Defense Skills in a Hospital Setting

I wrote this prayer to frame a class on Non-Violent Physical Crisis....


Blessing for a Newborn Baby

In every birth, blessed is the wonder. In every creation, blessed is the new....


Crack in DC: Continuing to Witness Resurrection and Redemption

A few days ago, I listened to the interview of Ruben Castaneda, author of a new book, S Street Rising: Crack, Murder and Redemption in D.C.  It’s a memoir of a neighborhood and a city during one of its most stressed times. It is also the story of the....


Imagining a better abortion conversation

I have not been blogging much, given my current obligations elsewhere. This....


On Not Knowing the Soul

This was delivered on June 23, 2014, as the Chapel Service as part of my....


From the Land of On-Call: A Day in the Life of a CPE Student

Twenty-four hours on-call. At the hospital. Not as long as one of my colleagues who this very same weekend is doing forty-eight (yes, two days straight ~ not to mention Monday through Friday on either side). This, apparently, is the life of the Clinical....


Meditation on Right Speech

I notice the thought. I am right. I notice the impulse. I want to say it. I....