What to do with a prize salmon? The second congregation I served was in Wapato, Washington – a town of 3,000 with an 85% poverty rate. George Palmer was retired and drove an older white pick-up truck. An experienced tradesman, he liked to go around town and do household repairs for people who could not affordContinue reading “What to do with a prize salmon?”
Siddhartha Visits a Nursing Home
As a pastor, hospice worker, and someone who was involved in the long-term care of my father and mother-in-law, I have walked through the door of nursing homes many times. At one point I realized the thoughts and feelings I (and many people) experience are something we share with that of Siddhartha Gautama before he becameContinue reading “Siddhartha Visits a Nursing Home”
“Why me?”
The first congregation I served was one in which seven families had all experienced the death of a young son. Just a few years before I arrived, the pastor’s son had been hiking with his best friend in the backcountry and accidentally fell to his death from a cliff. Not long after, the friend was in aContinue reading ““Why me?””
Steve Jacobsen, Ed.D 