Friday, July 29, 2011

Chaplain

My hospice care is provided by LSS, Lutheran Senior Services. Among the many things they offer is counseling by a chaplain. Yesterday I spent a few hours with the local chaplain Patrick. One of the things I sought was a way to find a pathway between the religious beliefs that Diana and I have. Patrick was helpful. He recommended a couple of books, one of which is The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. That is available as an iBook so I bought it and am reading it. Interesting book. Patrick has a couple more recommendations for me and I will read them, too.

We talked about lots of other things including favorite fiction authors (Lee Child, for example) and TV shows. He likes "Lost."

We will meet again in a couple of weeks. In the meantime Sue will be here today. Need to talk with her about meds because I woke up in the middle of the night with a screaming case of heartburn which was probably brought on by the cancer meds.

Also when I woke up the song "Metal on Metal" by Anvil was going through my mind. It's a heavy metal song. Explain that to me.