by Sybil D. Smith | Nov 5, 2009 | Opinion
I remember, as a child, going with my father when he made visits to the sick and shut-ins in our community. For some, there were repeated episodes of illness, declining health and eventually death. Not until years later in nursing school did I fully understand what I...
by Sybil D. Smith | Oct 15, 2009 | Opinion
Are we really ready to let go of secular or marketplace health-care expectations? Do congregations want to reclaim a role in health and caring? In preparation to reclaim health and caring ministries, the first call is to recognize our deep dependence on a...
by Sybil D. Smith | Sep 25, 2009 | Opinion
With all of the health-care rhetoric, I am delighted to see a renewed interest in the parish nursing dialogue. Parish nursing programs are about health ministry and congregational care ministry. Parish nursing emerged in the 1980s out of the Lutheran hospitals in the...
by Sybil D. Smith | Apr 1, 2009 | Opinion
In 1989, all across Greenville County in South Carolina, white crosses were standing on church lawns to commemorate the deaths of fetuses killed by abortion. There were enough pro-life supporters in the county to lead protest marches in Greenville. There were enough...
