Applying the soothing oil of scripture. Ps 23.

Guest Blog – Max Rankin Palliative Care It was difficult watching my father-in-law experience sudden, debilitating pain attacks that were off the chart. This was the product of terminal throat cancer. Nurses would administer pain relief that took around 15 minutes to be effective and Dad would sleep for hours, exhausted. Can scripture ease pain? At the same time, I …

Self-awareness promotes self-care

Early in June 2020, my wife’s mother passed. Thankfully, we were able to gain essential traveller status for compassionate reasons to enter South Australia and be with her a few days before. (The state borders were closed for COVID-19.) Mum was ready to go, clearly letting everyone know she knew where she was headed. Such wonderful faith. She was the …