Posts from 2015 (Page 2)

I was in the hospital chapel with some of my family while she lay dying in a private room upstairs. Heartbroken, confused, we grieved. Too young and too loving and too good to die, she was the best person any of us knew; she was the best of us. Nothing made sense. We hadn’t really gone to the chapel to pray; rather just to find a place to get away from the smell and feel…

You can’t trust Mondays. It’s cold, rainy, dark and dreary on this not-so-fine November morning. The only inspiration you’re likely to get on a day like this is to hit the snooze button and call in sick. But most of you are like me; you drag your butt outta bed and start your day anyway. You don’t have to like it; you just do what you have to do because that’s what you…

Our Cornerstone Elders will be sharing devotions and thoughts here on our website. Today’s thought comes from Larry Van Hoose. There’s a line in a classic western I like: A small-town dentist asks a gunfighter, played by John Wayne, his name? “Doesn’t matter,” answers the gunfighter furtively. “Well Mr. Doesn’t Matter, I hope you can do something,” replies the…