The Blog of
Dr. John Michael Helms
Releasing 2020
Helen Corbett is one of four CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) residents at Northeast Georgia Medical Center serving hospitals in Gainesville and Braselton. The others are Dallas Thompson, Donald Retemiah, and Zach Lauersdorf. Under Trey Morrison's supervision, these...
Your Grief Has Been Shared By Others – All Saints Day
All Saints Sunday November 1, 2020 Today is All Saints Day. This is a day that we set aside to give God thanks for the people that have gone before us and have lived lives of faith. This is not an easy day because we long to be with those who are no longer physically...
All Saints Day: To Remember and Give Thanks
All Saints Day: To Remember and Give Thanks November 1, 2020 Today is All Saints Day. This is a day that we set aside to give God thanks for the people that have gone before us and have lived lives of faith. This is not an easy day because we long to be with those...
Note to Self
The Christian church celebrated the breath of God on Pentecost Sunday (May 31), while our nationbegan to grieve and pour out its anger over George Floyd’s death, a man who was refused his breath until he died. We must not lose sight, because of the violence and...
Generosity is Often a Team Effort
A 10-year-old boy from Liberia entered Mass General Hospital in Boston just before the COVID-19 pandemic. He was diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia, an uncommon bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue develops in place of normal bone. This massive tissue had...
Do Hummingbirds Worry?
I had a conversation with a bird last week. I'm not Dr. Dolittle, although my wife calls me that sometimes when it comes to doing housework. I asked, "Mr. Bird, why are you singing so much?" He said, "It's springtime, don't you know?" I said, "Yes, but people are...
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