Ash Wednesday: not a day for giving up, but for leaning in to life. As well, the anniversary of my dad’s sudden death three years ago. This poem hits my heart…
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Faith & Doubt
Tonight… lighting Christmas Eve candles and singing “Silent Night” one day early, in these parts…
Dog bones and Thanksgiving–what’s the connection? It’s the meatiness of solid relationships – not wispy, virtual ones – that are most satisfying…
- Faith & Doubt(Global) HealthGlobal Health Lessons
Voices of global health: multifaith work (w/video)
by Helen Holterby Helen HolterSometimes it seems there’s a global war in global health, with faith-based and secular organizations at each other’s throats: competing interests, differences in approaching medical treatment with – and without – a faith component, funding sources with – and without – religious strings attached.
My dad died suddenly a few weeks after all this happened. It turned out to be my last story for him, my last gift to him…. a lasting gift.