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Category: Community
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Accessibility Is Designed in or Bolted on Badly
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital corridor back in the late nineties, watching a well-meaning administrator proudly point out a brand-new, heavy steel…
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Translation Is Hospitality
I remember sitting in a small, sterile consultation room during my final years as a chaplain, watching a doctor attempt to explain a terminal…
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Assumed Norms Are Invisible to Those Who Hold Them
I remember sitting in a cramped hospital waiting room decades ago, watching a group of families from three different continents try to navigate a…
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Ask What Is Needed Before Deciding What to Give
I remember sitting in a cramped, fluorescent-lit hospital corridor at three in the morning, listening to a man weep—not because of a spiritual crisis,…
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Collaboration Beats Duplication
I remember sitting in a drafty community hall during my final years as a chaplain, watching two well-meaning committee heads argue over a spreadsheet…
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A Community Turned Inward Slowly Shrinks
I remember sitting in a drafty church hall twenty years ago, listening to a well-meaning organizer explain how a single “community outreach day” could…
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Most People Drift Without Deciding to
I was sitting in my study last Tuesday, the smell of old glue and tanned leather from a half-finished binding project hanging in the…
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How You Treat Someone Leaving Is Watched Closely
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room in the late nineties, watching a man stare at a half-empty cup of tea as if…
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Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Restored Position
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospice room late one Tuesday, the air thick with the smell of antiseptic and unsaid apologies. A…
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Protecting the Vulnerable Comes Before Protecting the Reputation
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital corridor at three in the morning, the smell of antiseptic heavy in the air, listening to…