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Praying in the Trauma Bay

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022September 24, 202212 Comments on Praying in the Trauma Bay

I’ve prayed all my life, and yet, still, when someone asks me how to pray I’m struck dumb. As a chaplain, nowhere is my uncertainty around prayer more pronounced than in the trauma bay.

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Loving the Kid, Not the Temper Tantrum

by nosaintjenniferupdated on May 10, 2019February 6, 20194 Comments on Loving the Kid, Not the Temper Tantrum

“Where do you see God’s love in all this anger?” “God’s not there. If God loves me when I behave badly, then I’ll never change.” But then I remembered loving my nephew in the midst of a tantrum. Could that apply to me?

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Being Mary: Taking Time to Listen

by nosaintjenniferupdated on October 23, 2022October 23, 20226 Comments on Being Mary: Taking Time to Listen

This past week I fell down the comparison hole. Then Spirit reminded me that I need to be Mary and listen before I can be Martha.

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Week 3: God’s Spirit Dwells in You

by nosaintjenniferupdated on October 12, 2022October 10, 2022Leave a Comment on Week 3: God’s Spirit Dwells in You

Do you not know that you are God’s temple? And that God’s Spirit dwells in you? For God’s temple is holy and you are that temple. Corinthians 3:16-17 My heart sang as I read this passage during my prayers this week. How incredible is it that I am loved so very much that God’s Spirit …

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What it Takes to Become a Saint

by nosaintjenniferupdated on October 2, 2022October 2, 20224 Comments on What it Takes to Become a Saint

The way to courageous surrender of Saints like Mother Mary, Francis of Assisi and Ignatius of Loyola is lots and lots of prayer.

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Searching for the Sunrise in the Sahara on New Year’s Day

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022January 20, 20201 Comment on Searching for the Sunrise in the Sahara on New Year’s Day

How the pressure to have a perfect New Year’s day helped me identify that my sense of isolation is of my own making.

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Hope and Grace: Celebrating the Winter Solstice and the Birth of Jesus

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022December 23, 20192 Comments on Hope and Grace: Celebrating the Winter Solstice and the Birth of Jesus

Celebrating Jesus’ birth just as the light starts getting a little longer each day seems like grace: a double reminder that hopeful change is afoot.

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Spiritual But Not Religious: What It Means To Me

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022December 20, 20192 Comments on Spiritual But Not Religious: What It Means To Me

I’ve always described myself as “spiritual but not religious.” I’m finding, however, that grace and transformation is found somewhere in the middle.

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I Thought I’d Have Low Back Pain Forever Then I Found Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022December 5, 2019Leave a Comment on I Thought I’d Have Low Back Pain Forever Then I Found Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

You did what? It’s time to get past the taboos around vaginas so women can get the health care they really need.

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Becoming More Me

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022November 27, 20193 Comments on Becoming More Me

On this Thanksgiving I am most grateful for this blog, the people who’ve helped me with it, and how it has helped me to be more fully me.

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Finding Peace in the Detours of Life

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 24, 2022November 18, 2019Leave a Comment on Finding Peace in the Detours of Life

Detours are a fact of life. My worry and rage accomplish nothing because each situation resolves in its time. Sometimes, they even lead to something better.

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