Archive for February, 2012

The Lord’s Prayer, Revisited

I’ve begun offering an abbreviated session of hymn singing and Bible study on our newly opened secure unit at the nursing home. The singing always touches something deep and even those who seem disconnected rise to the occasion, the words and music coming from somewhere deep inside. Bible study is a little harder, since many [...]

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Nursing home 24/7

I wrote this one some time ago but still go back to it to remind me of the prophets among us. they call her demented, bathe her, dress her, feed her park her in her wheelchair along the wall soft tired hands resting in her lap bright eyes searching passing faces passing, passing seldom glancing [...]

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