Merry Christmas…the year all my wishes came true
25 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in christianity, faith, god, personal, relationship, religion Tags: christmas, dreams, happiness, love, wishes
Merry Christmas, everyone! This was a great Christmas. One friend proposed to a girlfriend of eleven years and she said yes! Another friend gave birth to a beautiful girl! My boyfriend and I are together, again. 
We got to spend Christmas together. And I have a great roommate. I get to see my nieces and my two sisters in two days. I finished four units of CPE which means my badges in hospitals will now say chaplain instead of chaplain intern. I got great feedback on my final paper and terrific grade in the class I was taking. At this point in my life, for everything I could ask for, I got. So happy and feeling great! Thank you, God! Thank you, Jesus!
huh,
21 Nov 2011 1 Comment
in christianity, faith, god, personal, relationship Tags: broken heart, relationship
i am rapidly declining… i thought i was doing well. but this weekend, i hit another bump. now i’m not sure what’s good for me. i guess i know what i need. i mean, i was starting to think i needed my ex-boyfriend if i can’t make it through this break up. but then i realized, man, if i can’t make it through this break-up, being with my ex-boyfriend isn’t going to be much help. so with or without him, with or without being inebriated, i’m gonna have to make this work. i’m it. me plus God. that’s all i got.
meditation
12 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
in christianity, new york, religion Tags: buddhist, meditation
for the first time in my life, i went to a buddhist monastery for meditation. the chanting part was weird. i wasn’t prostrating but i couldn’t keep up with getting up and down. i started feeling dizzy. after 30 minutes of chanting, which i just listened to, we had 30 minutes of sitting. i didn’t know i could move. so the entire time, my legs were numb. well, ok, they were numb about 10 minutes into the sitting. and about 3 times, i felt real intense clarity of my mind. it was really cool. i wouldn’t say i was really doing buddhist meditation though. it was more prayerful for me given that i’m a christian. that’s who i am. i wasn’t going to the meditation to try on buddhism. it was fascinating. i mean, religious experience of meditating in a buddhist context/surrounding compared to mindfulness or christian meditating…not sure of all the similarities and differences. the experience last night was definitely interesting!
saying good bye
14 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
in christianity, faith, god, new york, relationship Tags: church
i’m going to say good bye to my kids tonight. it’s going to be so weird not preaching every sunday. i’m sure i’ll get used to it. i’d like to think that i’ll still be in touch with everyone at church. but i know it’ll be hard to stay in touch when i don’t see everyone regularly. i know i’m leaving for a good reason. but why does leaving feel so weird???
hospital
30 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in christianity
looking forward to being in the hospital…[edit: not as a patient!] hoping to have a meaningful time.
