Month: February 2021

To Each Person Belongs a Name

To say that 2020 threw us all a curveball would be the understatement of the century. While I originally had grand plans to undertake my first unit of Clinical Pastoral Education, I found myself home in Australia with my family in the midst of the global health crisis caused by COVID-19. The time difference meant that visiting hospitals, being in…

Mi ʾAnochi: Who Am I to Do This Work?

A small piece of stained-glass Judaica hangs in my window—a fiery mix of reds, oranges, and yellows. As the sunlight streams in, the glass casts flaming pools of color onto my desk and books, a brilliant yet watered-down version of the burning bush Moses saw deep in our Jewish past. That story of wonderous revelation is an incredible moment to…