“The physician’s duty is not to stave off death or return patients to their old lives, but to take into our arms a patient and family whose lives have disintegrated and work until they can stand back up and face, and make sense of, their own existence.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“the extent we function and grow within the context of our own souls (a lifetime project) and abet the emergence of our own selves (by a willingness to face life's challenges and oneself), our spirituality and our tradition will spring naturally from our being.”
― Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
― Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
“At the beginning of the Farewell Discourse, Jesus highlights what is to be the defining characteristic of his followers: love for one another (John 13:34–35). This love is to be so clear and visible that by observing it, outsiders will know that Jesus’s disciples are his followers. Sadly, many unbelievers today would probably not mention love as the primary characteristic of Christians.”
― The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of the Most Important Person Who Ever Lived
― The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of the Most Important Person Who Ever Lived
“Caring for the soul requires that we be fully present in situations we cannot control and patient as a genuine meaning and a direction unfold. It means seeing familiar things in new ways, listening rather than speaking, learning from patients rather than teaching them, and cultivating the capacity to be amazed. It means recognizing the power of our own humanity to make a difference in the lives of others and valuing it as highly as our expertise. Finally, it means discovering that health care is a front-row seat on mystery and sitting in that seat with open eyes.”
― Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care
― Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care
“Jonah 3:1: “The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time”
― Glorious Mess: Encountering God's Relentless Grace for Imperfect People
― Glorious Mess: Encountering God's Relentless Grace for Imperfect People
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