Story behind the video "You Are Not Alone"

For the past year and a half, I have been involved in a project of group learning with other hospice chaplains and bereavement ministers here in Atlanta.  We formed a cohort through a program offered by Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, who encouraged us to engage in acts of Study, Sabbath, and Service.  This video is our service project which we hope to make available to bereaved people in our respective communities and on the websites of the various hospice companies in which we are employed.

Michael and I chose to post it here in case some of you may know of someone who might benefit from the message of hope and comfort it contains.  The video also holds some of our original music.  It begins with a verse of a song, "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" that we hope to post in its entirety soon.  Also you will hear portions of some piano strains I recorded last fall to the tune of what is likely a familiar hymn to many, "All Creatures of Our God and King".  Finally, we included a recording of "Let Nothing Trouble You" that we posted a couple of months back.

This was a remarkable opportunity for all of us, inasmuch as a palpable sense of God's grace seemed to infuse each of us along the various stages of this shared endeavor. When I learned on a Friday that our filmmaker was unexpectedly available that weekend, we managed to assemble everyone we needed to begin filming the interviews on the same day as our fall Memorial service for my hospice company, Compassionate Care.  It was CCH who coincidentally had provided in-home hospice care for the husbands of the three women who shared the joys and sorrows of their hospice experience with us.  The audio recording sessions took place on two evenings in November and, again, God opened the hearts of so many talented people to give their time and inestimable talents.  In the first few months of this year, with the help of our filmmaker, Evan McIntosh we managed to get everything edited and fashioned into the work you are now able to view here as well as on YouTube.  We remain grateful for God's gift of inspiration, faithfulness and healing love which continues to hold us fast.

Please help us spread our words and songs of faith to all who have hearts that grieve.

You Are Not Alone: Journeys Through Grief

Today, we're posting a video recently produced by Michael Mullink and some of his fellow hospice chaplains for those dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one.  We're sharing it through this blog and other web outlets like Facebook and YouTube in the hopes that it may find those for whom it could be of some use.  God bless!