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How to Support Healthcare Workers During the Third Year of the Pandemic

This piece was originally supposed to be for National Women Physicians’ Day… which was over two months ago now on February

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on April 7, 2022

Gratitude Notes as a Spiritual Practice

A few years ago, as I was preparing for my senior chapel service (a capstone in seminary), I couldn’t stop thinking about the

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on December 26, 2021

Mei

The woman next door had a grandson I watched grow from kinder-person to tween through my bedroom window. We formed a

Natáhne Arrowsmith

Posted on December 10, 2021

Listening Well in a World that Often Listens Poorly

I’ve worked as a hospital chaplain for more than two years now, and I’m always struck by how strange my job is. I walk in

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on November 26, 2021

A Meditation on World Mental Health Day

I’ve been in therapy consistently since I was a kid, and I’m a way better person for it. I’ve been on medication since I was

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on October 10, 2021

To My Pen Pal, With Love

I have written before about how much I love writing letters. They give me great joy to send and receive. I usually do them

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on June 1, 2021

Changing the Words and Keeping the Story

After many years of wanting to write a book that’s part memoir, part stories of my journey as a hospital chaplain and how the

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on May 10, 2021

Sweatpants & Humor: I Was a Teenaged Ghost Whisperer

I can’t remember how it started or where we got the board, but Cindy and I were magnets for supernatural messaging. We

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Shelly Mazzanoble

Posted on May 5, 2021

7 Things New Moms Don’t Want to Hear

A baby was born and as a well-wisher, this is your time to shine! You are a font of encouragement, registry gifts, and

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Shelly Mazzanoble

Posted on March 11, 2021

The Sacred Rite of Touch

I spent September 2019 to June 2020 doing a hospital chaplaincy residency in Minnesota, many miles away from my family in New

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Emmie Arnold

Posted on January 20, 2021

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