VTS 07 Summer CPE

A place where I, Steve, can selfishly blog and hopefully have some friends along with me. Our focus this summer will be dealing with CPE (Church Punishes Everyone) and the trauma that goes with being a chaplain, being in community, and group process/group think. All are invited, and if you've run across us please do jump aboard.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

I can see the image of Jesus...

... sort of.

Many of the residents at my CPE site are suffering at some level from dementia. Today I had the pleasure of speaking with 4 of the more extreme cases. The folks I spoke with today looked anxious, they acted very confused, and often repeated stories many, many times. But still I got a glimpse of what the EOW prayers asks, "Be with us now, that we may know your presence in one another" Each person I spoke with today from the Jewish man to the Unitarian woman were made in the image of God; the same image in which Jesus was made. And to some extent, even though their minds have fully failed them I was still able to see God's presence in their eyes. That's pretty neat.

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