robin's journey

After supper tonight, I crashed! I usually do not come home from work tried, but today from having an all day staff retreat, the release from having a paper to write, and being free for the next seven weeks, I fell asleep. It was good for my soul! I sent my last paper off yesterday to my professor. I am posting a few thoughts from my paper titled, Ethical Issues Concerning Privacy in Care Homes. One is a quote, and the other is a short thought from a book I am currently reading. I enjoy comments! “Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.” Pearl Buck, My Several Worlds "God calls his people to be keepers of the kingdom," as Albert Haase writes in his book, “Living the Lord’s Prayer.” To be a keeper of the kingdom, we need to be people who keep the dream of God alive even when memories are slipping into hidden places of the mind. A...

My day was full of listening to life stories, all vastly different from one another, yet in a strange way very similar. I wrote a poem to share the thoughts I had on what I experienced. The eyes are a door way into a very hidden and mysterious place within the soul. Old Eyes To look deep within old eyes is to see a reflection of humanity that contains stories from a life lived in past and present. Some have gone deep into caverns hidden by a human shell only to reveal shadows from a backdrop of once a strong soul. To listen closely to tales from memory looking deep into old eyes is a glimpse back into self. By Robin Sloboda

This video touches the very depths of my soul, it is profoundly present in my everyday experiences as I minister among the elderly and sick. It breaks my heart to visit with many who no longer live in their own homes and who have given up what was once held dear. My prayer is through their pain and loss they will come to know Christ. Jesus is our hope and this world is not our home. "Be still and know I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10 God is good.