tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32259193.post1960576370717942006..comments2023-04-26T04:21:22.844-05:00Comments on The Vicar of Hogsmeade: the ending of the beginningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32259193.post-89738766702734690532008-02-07T15:44:00.000-06:002008-02-07T15:44:00.000-06:00I'm like HCL. I was an EMT for 11 years in a volu...I'm like HCL. I was an EMT for 11 years in a volunteer service. I prayed many people - both folks I knew and folks I didn't - out of this life and into the next.<BR/><BR/>The worst: first run back after my heart attack was for a 1 year old who had drowned in the family pool. Knew the mom (I taught her EMT class - she she knew what was going on), knew the whole family. Our kids went to schoolnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089651607213032025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32259193.post-57734919477921377882008-02-04T15:59:00.000-06:002008-02-04T15:59:00.000-06:00gotcha. i think there's a ton to be said on the to...gotcha. i think there's a ton to be said on the topic... because truly we (as in clergy) aren't meant to carry that grief around and "stuff" it all inside. but it happens all the time i think... and in that pastors begin to be burnt out, ineffectual, distant, and the toll on emotional, physical, spiritual health is bad, oh so bad.<BR/><BR/>it would be interesting to know how others deal with it. Hot Cup Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125425492709186198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32259193.post-53620436139847557322008-02-04T00:14:00.000-06:002008-02-04T00:14:00.000-06:00That is exactly the kind of situation I'm talking ...That is exactly the kind of situation I'm talking about. Actually, I'm not looking at the separation (like everyone else in the world). I want to look at the blurred lines and carrying the grief that is both personal and professional. What is the influence on the clergy of that grief? There is no way for it to be "just professional" but no one is talking about the grief that clergy carry as a The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32259193.post-75897593561451719372008-02-03T14:34:00.000-06:002008-02-03T14:34:00.000-06:00mmmm... it happens that's for sure. recently there...mmmm... it happens that's for sure. recently there was a 2 vehicle accident here, with one fatality. dynamics? <BR/><BR/>(1) the deceased was a church member (survivors include wife & 2 elementary aged chilren<BR/>(2) the first EMT on scene a church member<BR/>(3) the fire chief (2nd on scene) also member, and father of #2, his wife is on council and they are good, good friends of mine & hubhc's<Hot Cup Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125425492709186198noreply@blogger.com