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		<title>Personal Care Home Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/3142.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal care homes, nursing homes, long term care facilities, whatever you might want to call these facilities, the provide an extremely important function in a society that has for the most part taken the care of the very young and the frail elderly out of the hands of families.]]></description>
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		<title>Holocaust Remembrance Day</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/3110.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now we are all aware of the new museum that is being built at the Forks in Winnipeg: the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Easter 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/3086.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas and Easter serve in many ways as the book ends of the Christian Faith, certainly the book ends of the life of Jesus.]]></description>
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		<title>Defined Reality &#8211; Real Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/3054.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[W.I. Thomas, an American sociologist in the first of the 20th century once wrote "If people define a situation as real, it is real in its consequences."]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Makes Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/3024.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When "nothing makes sense" it is hard to believe. Life is smattered with the "nothing makes sense" realities that can drive many to abandon belief altogether.]]></description>
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		<title>Pain &#8211; Consolation or Alienation</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2982.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in October of 2011 I had the privilege of attending a day long session called Sacred Stories, Shared Storied and Healing.]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2955.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2955.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a touchy subject, so much so that many will just not touch it. But the spiritual damage done is so significant and common enough that the subject begs to be addressed.]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Impact of Being in Isolation</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2911.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2911.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever gone to visit someone in the hospital and had to wear a gown and gloves, possibly even a mask, just to visit?]]></description>
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		<title>Praying for Healing</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2878.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend who sometimes calls and suggests a topic for an article. I love that she does this, believe it or not, writing 26 articles a year sometimes leaves me wondering what I should write about next.]]></description>
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		<title>Year End 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2843.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2843.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just a short time from when this blog post is published, 2011 will officially be history.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2770.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2770.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many it has been a rough year. Some have been forced to say goodbye to a beloved family member.]]></description>
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		<title>Putting our Affairs in Order</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2691.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2691.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens is possibly best known for the story "The Christmas Carol" that has become a Christmas standard in our culture. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2661.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2661.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving! Oops, wrong country! You know I have been in Canada since May of 1978, 33 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Care Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2637.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2637.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all watched a TV drama in which a person's heartbeat and breathing  stop and someone jumps in, provides CPR and the person's life is saved with no long term loss of vitality.]]></description>
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		<title>Assisted Suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2601.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2601.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 2nd The Canadian Press reported that "A group called the Farewell Foundation is in a B.C. court today setting off what's expected to be a long legal fight for the right to assisted suicide."]]></description>
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		<title>Aging</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2543.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2543.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine with me for a moment that your children came to you and suggested that you give up your independence and move into a Personal Care Home where your needs could be more adequately met?]]></description>
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		<title>Death</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2521.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2521.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I write a lot about death, it is after all a significant part of a chaplain’s experience.]]></description>
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		<title>Death of Osama bin Laden</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2500.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2500.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 months ago, on Sunday evening, May 1st, I was just about to turn in for the night when a special news item flashed across the screen of the late night news.]]></description>
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		<title>Love Wins &#8211; Rob Bell</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2473.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2473.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now you may have heard of or even read Rob Bell’s book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget Me</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2434.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2434.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 7:45 in the morning; I had come onto Blueberry Bay, the section of Bethesda Place where our residents with dementia live. ]]></description>
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		<title>Respect and Tolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2359.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2359.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wished things were different? Sure you have. It is a common longing.]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion Fatigue &#8211; Chronic Suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2327.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2327.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago a nurse contacted me with a very important question, "What do we do with the sadness we carry? And especially what do we do when it gets to be too heavy?"]]></description>
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		<title>Patriotism and Religion</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2293.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2293.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patriotism and religion? I grew up in a nation where in many of the churches the platform in the sanctuary was flanked by the Christian flag on one side and the American flag on the other side.]]></description>
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		<title>Charter of Compassion</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2256.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2256.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago a gal I work with came back from a Mexican holiday.  As we talked about her holiday, she shared that the best part of the holiday for her was the day she spent working with children whose families live and work in the dump.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t anyone listen to me?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2225.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2225.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More often than I would like to admit, this complaint is voiced by patients I care for.]]></description>
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		<title>Service of Remembrance</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2189.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2189.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 13:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life - what a mystery this thing we call life is. Human life is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries.]]></description>
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		<title>Responsive Behavior &#8211; PIECES</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2151.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 13:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Aggressive behavior", "Behavioral problem": these are labels that are often given to a person with dementia.]]></description>
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		<title>Resurrection</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2135.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins."  Paul, the apostolic theologian, wrote these words between 50 and 60 A.D. or about 1960 years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Religion and Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2118.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the field of health care chaplaincy or "spiritual heath care" as it is now being called there is a growing insistence that a differentiation be made between "pastoral" and "religious care" and "spiritual care".]]></description>
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		<title>I never intended&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2085.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2085.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I never intended" this phrase could be used as an organizing principle for my life.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Ethics Week</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2048.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2048.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Corner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, March 7 - 13th is Health Ethics Week in Manitoba.  The theme set for the week by the Provincial Health Ethics Network is "Doing the right thing - Doing the thing right".]]></description>
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		<title>When is it OK to say</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2013.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/2013.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Corner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When is it OK to say, enough is enough.  I was with a patient awhile back and this was the question:  "When is it OK to say enough is enough?"]]></description>
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		<title>Terminal Mental Illness</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1877.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1877.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have begun thinking of mental illness in a bit different way.]]></description>
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		<title>Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1857.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1857.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but “HOPE” has become a big deal in health care.]]></description>
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		<title>Meritocracy</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1834.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1834.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in September I had the privilege of attending a day of the Hospice and Palliative Care Conference that is held each year in Winnipeg.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Year is Past</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1812.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1812.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a year!  In some ways it has been down right scary.  Earthquakes, tornados, heat waves, floods, hundreds of thousands of people displaced, injured, killed; it is nothing short of overwhelming.]]></description>
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		<title>What has become of us</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1798.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1798.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you read, I can anticipate that you are expecting a Christmas article; after all it is the week before Christmas.]]></description>
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		<title>Broken Hearted</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1747.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1747.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, in a person’s life not far from your own, news was received that caused that person’s heart to break.]]></description>
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		<title>So What</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1720.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Corner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently stopped into one of our dining rooms at Bethesda Place to meet a new resident.]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointment</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1698.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1698.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Corner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been disappointed?  Now that’s a silly question, we all have been disappointed; in fact, disappointment is probably a daily experience for most of us.]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality &#8211; its limitations</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1668.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1668.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirituality has everything to do with connection: that unique capacity that we humans have to feel and experience deep and lasting connections with ourselves, others, the world and universe in which we live and God.]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1643.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1643.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Corner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This coming weekend we will celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, a day proclaimed by Parliament on January 31st, 1957.]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Chat Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1629.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1629.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Lou hasn’t been feeling well for a few months.  She has made numerous trips to the doctor complaining of gastrointestinal problems that eventually led to an abdominal CT scan being ordered.]]></description>
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		<title>Family and Self-Control</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1590.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1590.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family.  In theory we all would affirm the importance of the family.]]></description>
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		<title>Informed Consent</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1565.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1565.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do we take too much for granted?  Are we much too liberal in giving away our responsibilities?]]></description>
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		<title>Reminiscing</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1509.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1509.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reminiscing is one of the therapies that our recreational therapists use in caring for the residents here at Bethesda Place.]]></description>
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		<title>Motivation</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1481.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1481.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about needs lately.  Specifically, I have been thinking about whose needs drive my work.]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting those with Dementia</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1454.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1454.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months back I was feverishly working to catch up on some of the professional development reviews that we are required to do each year at Bethesda Place.]]></description>
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		<title>O Canada &#8211; Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1450.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1450.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patriotism is defined as love and devotion to one’s country.]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Health Care Initiatives at MB Health</title>
		<link>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1413.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mysteinbach.ca/blogs/1413.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Spring I spent some time involved in some pretty “big-picture” meetings where issues related to spiritual health care were at the top of the agenda.]]></description>
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