Prepare Ye

Everybody Hurts - The Corrs from The Corrs Unplugged. The song was written and originally performed by REM, ( the video is AWESOME, but you can't embed it.) but this version is pretty darn good as well. Everybody Hurts - Written by REM (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on) If you feel like letting go, (hold on) When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on 'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long, When you think you've had

This is my sermon text for Sunday, March 7. You can look up the lessons. The Gospel is from Luke and is about people questioning Jesus regarding some recent events. The Epistle's last line (from the Lectionary) is cited here. When I entered her hospital room, she did not look up. That was fine with me, because, I really did not want to be there either. It was my third week at the Hershey Medical Center, and I was not having a good time. One of the steps we must go through during our pursuit of becoming a pastor is something called CPE. CPE stands for Clinical Pastoral Education. Most students do as I did, and spend the summer between your first and second years of seminary as a chaplain at a hospital, or nursing home, or some other facility. You are under the supervision of a trained chaplain, and you get to experience hands on pastoral situations. You visit with patients and their families and talk with them. It is one of the times seminarians fear and dread, because throughout yo