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Introduction
1. Pro re nata (when necessary)
2. Sometimes we see the future
3. Adjusting our lives
4. Chaplaincy doesn't scale
5. Finding your own voice
6. 10 reasons I need to be a chaplain
7. Before you do things that might bring you to the Emergency Room
8. A working list for life after a difficult diagnosis.
9. Chaplains and pastors
10. A practicing chaplain
11. Fragile treasures
12. Holding hands
13. Bringing PEACE to hospital visits
14. Paperwork
15. More than a filed form.
16. Liturgy of near death and life
17. Some things words can't change
18. Spiritual consult
19. The blessing of the hands
20. Walking down the hall with a priest.
21. Promoting healing and recovery
22. Shared journeys
23. God listens but I almost don’t
24. Waiting for
25. Relational regrets
26. Hats
27. Saying "Thank you"
28. How to live with gratitude
29. Looking for Jesus
30. A little visit
31. A Rock and a Hard Place
32. Navigating hope and despair in ER conversations.
33. Living the song of ascents
34. A song for early morning
35. Romans 8 and Alzheimer's
36. A mid-week renewal
37. Needing wisdom
38. Lessons from Job
39. N.D.W.
40. Joy in the midst of grief
41. Emotional Jesus
42. Kicking the slab
43. Hospital hermeneutics
44. What not to say after someone dies.
45. "I'm sorry."
46. This is hard
47. R.H.C.
48. Holding tiny babies
49. The Blessing
50. Holding on
51. Ready to go.
52. A conversation with kids about death
53. Talking about talking about death
54. I couldn’t be there when they died.
55. Study. Obey. Teach.
56. Making sense of our actions
57. Practicing the hard conversations.
58. Call until you reach someone.
59. Emotional Triage
60. Simple Compassion
61. Evidence-based Practice
62. What I learned by being in the hospital
63. Hospital Prayer
64. Prayers of a hospital chaplain on the way to a Code Blue.
65. A prayer for the person at the edge of life and death.
66. Helen's story
67. Becoming Heart Specialists
68. Bill and Amy
69. Frankie
70. A Litany for a Monday
71. Asking for courage.
72. Avoidable miracle requests
73. Adaptive Communication
74. Love and anticipation
75. Easter: Mary
76. Potluck and Pie
Acknowledgements and Disclaimers
About the Author
Bibliography
Appendix: Intensive Care Units
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