Advance Medical Planning – January 25, 2013 Meditation

Advance Medical Planning – January 25, 2013 Meditation “The Bitter End” Since this past August, as you are probably aware, I have taken a position at a major hospital here in Charlotte as a Resident Chaplain. Because of that responsibility my blog postings and some of my temple work has needed to be cut back some. As a Resident Chaplain part of our time each week is spent in education and a larger portion is…

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Prayer; What Manner of Prayer – January 24, 2013 Meditation

Prayer; What Manner of Prayer As many of you know I work as a hospital chaplain for a very large hospital in Charlotte North Carolina. The nature of the work is to provide spiritual comfort to those in need whether they be patients, family and friends of patients, or even staff. Spiritual comfort can take many forms but frequently it does involve prayer. As chaplains we begin and end our day together in community prayer…

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Building a Sangha – Dharma Talk Given in Raleigh, NC July 31, 2011

Building a Sangha – Dharma Talk Given in Raleigh, NC July 31, 2011 This post has been edited some from the original to remove names of individuals. Good morning! I would like to thank all the folks here in Raleigh for a wonderful weekend. Last night we spent time together with families and fiends who are either practicing the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra or who support family members who are practicing. We…

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Ten Tips – Dharma Talk October 17, 2010

Good morning thank you for being here today. It is a beautiful day outside and I hope that you will have a chance to enjoy the weather today after we are finished with service. Today some of us are going to the park to play disc golf and I invite anyone who would like to join us to do so. As some of you may know I began taking a course on pastoral care from…

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