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Final Thoughts on Comfort Care Whether Providing First Aid or Not. What’s Next? Cheers!
Some final thoughts regarding comfort care whether providing first aid or not. In these final thoughts on comfort care I explore how many of us can be tempted to presume someone is deficient when they are not speaking English as well as we’d like them to. Consider the examples I give and leave a comment…
Read MoreTo Be Intentionally Attentive to Someone Else. That is Comfort Care Summarized to Me. What Do You Think?
In this video Shawn unpacks, in a concise way, how our words can become comfort care when caring for an ill or injured person. Start with breathing for yourself. Then remember we are all human beings, so it’s good to treat others as we’d hope to be treated ourselves. Comfort care is clearly defined as…
Read MoreDon’t Confuse Patronizing as Comfort Care. A Lesson in How to Say Something
In my last post I asked if our spoken words matter. Does what we say matter? I also said, “Whether we believe strongly in free-speech, and I believe we should, the question I often ask myself is not, ‘Can I say that,’ but ‘Do I need to say that?'” This post continues by now suggesting…
Read MoreDo our Spoken Words Matter? I Think They Do! Consider What Jesus Has to Say.
Do our spoken words matter? I believe our spoken words do matter a great deal. Matthew 12:36 speaks of the seriousness our words will have on an eternal perspective and not simply on “this present life.” Matthew 12:36 says, “I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word…
Read MoreTourniquets Can Save Lives; Yet I Need Help with Wisdom…
Think CPR When Applying Direct Pressure? Yup!
Think CPR when applying direct pressure onto a wound? Yup! In my last post I spoke of hemostatic dressings as 6th on my first seven essential items in my first aid kit and even mentioned that my number five would be tourniquets in following posts. But here is an important supplemental video that directly impacts…
Read MoreA Divine Hemostatic Dressing
And now a word from our sponsor! This video is a pause to my series titled, “The first seven essential items in my first aid kit,” so that you can ponder this thought; What is a divine hemostatic dressing? In this video I’ll offer a brief thought to this question. I welcome any thoughts you…
Read MoreHe Asked the Wrong Question…
This is the 9th and final episode in this series on the Good Samaritan. In this last episode I suggest the lawyer asked the wrong question of, “Who’s my neighbor?” before Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan. When asking, “Who’s our neighbor?” implies that someone is not our neighbor. I believe that allows…
Read MoreWho is My Neighbor? Have We not Pondered that a lot in This Series? Now Let’s Answer It!
In this 8th installment of the Good Samaritan parable we arrive at defining a neighbor through Merriam Webster, views in Jesus’ day, and finally through Jesus as Prophet, Priest, and returning King. How, then, should this influence our view of our neighbors? Do we include someone’s ethnic background or financial status or religion or “same…
Read MoreForeigner, hero, neighbor? The Good Samaritan is all of these.
Foreigner, hero, or neighbor? The Good Samaritan is all of these. This is now the 7th in this series on the Good Samaritan story. This video will explore why each of the above descriptions have some truth when referring to the Samaritan. We will also consider how and why Jesus described him. To learn more…
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