A New Beginning

well here I go, another beginning in the blogosphere. I am a pastor who has found a passion as a hospice spiritual care counselor in the Los Angeles area. I have found it a wonderful privilege to listen and to help individuals to come to a place of peace, and to address their questions of faith. I don't claim to have all the answers, and the process of coming to peace is different for each person. Each of us have different questions, and different stories. But I believe in a God who loves unconditionally, who seeks each of us, accepts us, and is abundant in grace. So hopefully, in this blog I can share some stories of individuals I have encountered in these last few years. The stories of peoples'experiences, and how they have touched me as well. As a spiritual counselor, I would be remiss if I didn't allow the stories of faith and spirit touch me, and speak to me, and inform my own journey. I would hope that if I stopped allowing others' journies to touch my own, I would quit with the understanding that I had somehow been hardened to the realities and the power of the Spiritual journey as someone dies. A journey that not only affects the patient, but their families, and all with whom they encounter along the way.