Category Archives: Death and Dying

Saying Good-bye

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Craig Kuehn

At Snowline Hospice, I work with people who bravely say good-bye. I work with people who struggle to say good-bye through their tears. I have people who can’t say good-bye because they are in denial that their loved one is … Continue reading →

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Hope in the Struggle

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Craig Kuehn

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.   Then it seemed to stop … Continue reading →

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Today, You Will Be with Me in Paradise

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Craig Kuehn

Not everyone I visit, on my day job as a hospice chaplain, wants to talk about their death. Of those, most politely say that they don’t want to talk about it. Though I did have one patient who absolutely denied … Continue reading →

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The Prince of Peace Is Coming

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Craig Kuehn

The reaction of French President François Holland after the Paris attacks was to bomb Daesh, what some call ISIS. That got a lot of press. Reports wanted to know what President Obama was going to do. Of course, we were … Continue reading →

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He Ain’t No Ghost

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Craig Kuehn

Our brains receive a lot of information. Those things that are important or significant to us we keep, the rest our brain deep sixes them. Most of this happens so fast that we don’t notice.   When there is something … Continue reading →

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Lift High the Cross

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Craig Kuehn

“According to that great font of wisdom, Yogi Berra, ‘If you come to a fork in the road, take it.’ Mark 8 is a kind of theological fork in the road. This chapter is the hinge of Mark’s gospel. Not … Continue reading →

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Illuminating Memories

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Craig Kuehn

The memories of our loved ones never die. It is, particularly, at the end of year when those memories are illuminated. The holiday memories are amplified: the Thanksgiving meals, the mishaps that might ruin the Thanksgiving meal instead turn into … Continue reading →

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The Big Plan

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Craig Kuehn

The story of Jesus’ passion is such a powerful story! It seems like a train going out of control toward a mountain side and there is no one who can stop it, not Spiderman, not Superman, nobody. No human being, … Continue reading →

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The Friends Called Faith and Trust

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Craig Kuehn

The first summer after Suzanne and I married, we went on a vacation visiting the five national parks in southern Utah. Out first stop was Moab. Back then we just looked for motels with vacancies. Today we don’t go anywhere … Continue reading →

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Restore, restore your people

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Craig Kuehn

I have a brother-in-law who is a major in the Utah National Guard. He was a captain a few years ago when we stayed with them for my mother’s 80th birthday. While we were there he was called out because … Continue reading →

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