J.S. Park 박준
@jspark3000.bsky.social
Hospital chaplain, BCC. Korean American. 6th dg black belt. Son to immigrants. Ex-atheist. My book on grief is out: As Long As You Need.
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How to talk about death and dying : Life Kit
Death can be an uncomfortable and scary topic. But J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author of As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve, says talking about it can help us prepare for and process dea...
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I’m very honored & happy to be interviewed by @npr.org to share about my hospital chaplaincy work & why it’s so hard to talk about death, dying, & grief.
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
The ICU nurse Alex Pretti, murdered by 🧊, was also working on scientific research to help prevent recurrent C. diff, a very common infection in hospitals. His research would certainly improve and save many lives.
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The ICU nurse Alex Pretti, murdered by 🧊, was also working on scientific research to help prevent recurrent C. diff, a very common infection in hospitals. His research would certainly improve and save many lives.
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
The ICU nurse Alex Pretti, murdered by 🧊, was also working on scientific research to help prevent recurrent C. diff, a very common infection in hospitals. His research would certainly improve and save many lives.
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The ICU nurse Alex Pretti, murdered by 🧊, was also working on scientific research to help prevent recurrent C. diff, a very common infection in hospitals. His research would certainly improve and save many lives.
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
Alex is third here with his colleagues. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
I will never believe that protests are just “virtue signaling” or “performative.”
Many of these protests are also actively blocking I*E, breaking up any forms of militarization, sheltering and providing for at risk families,
Many of these protests are also actively blocking I*E, breaking up any forms of militarization, sheltering and providing for at risk families,
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I will never believe that protests are just “virtue signaling” or “performative.”
Many of these protests are also actively blocking I*E, breaking up any forms of militarization, sheltering and providing for at risk families,
Many of these protests are also actively blocking I*E, breaking up any forms of militarization, sheltering and providing for at risk families,
There is no safe or sane world you can give “better training” to
armed militarized federal agents who clap after k*llong a man filming them,
masked N*zi wh*te supremacists,
cosplay cowboy colonizers who teargas six year olds,
armed militarized federal agents who clap after k*llong a man filming them,
masked N*zi wh*te supremacists,
cosplay cowboy colonizers who teargas six year olds,
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
There is no safe or sane world you can give “better training” to
armed militarized federal agents who clap after k*llong a man filming them,
masked N*zi wh*te supremacists,
cosplay cowboy colonizers who teargas six year olds,
armed militarized federal agents who clap after k*llong a man filming them,
masked N*zi wh*te supremacists,
cosplay cowboy colonizers who teargas six year olds,
A racist once told my mother to her face that she was stupid because of her accent,
my mother said
“I can speak two languages and I’m smart in Korean. So that makes you stupid AND racist.”
Bringing that up again for reasons.
my mother said
“I can speak two languages and I’m smart in Korean. So that makes you stupid AND racist.”
Bringing that up again for reasons.
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A racist once told my mother to her face that she was stupid because of her accent,
my mother said
“I can speak two languages and I’m smart in Korean. So that makes you stupid AND racist.”
Bringing that up again for reasons.
my mother said
“I can speak two languages and I’m smart in Korean. So that makes you stupid AND racist.”
Bringing that up again for reasons.
I grieve every elder and mentor and leader that ever I trusted who signed off on this f*scist admin.
That grief hurts. It’s an angry and exhausting grief. I believe they’re being deceived and I won’t give up on them, but I can’t be safe with them in the same room.
That grief hurts. It’s an angry and exhausting grief. I believe they’re being deceived and I won’t give up on them, but I can’t be safe with them in the same room.
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I grieve every elder and mentor and leader that ever I trusted who signed off on this f*scist admin.
That grief hurts. It’s an angry and exhausting grief. I believe they’re being deceived and I won’t give up on them, but I can’t be safe with them in the same room.
That grief hurts. It’s an angry and exhausting grief. I believe they’re being deceived and I won’t give up on them, but I can’t be safe with them in the same room.
You cannot claim you are pro-life if you claim you are pro-ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
You cannot claim you are pro-life if you claim you are pro-ICE.
“History weeps as it retraces the parabola.”
— Yi Sang, 1910-1937, Korean poet and revolutionary under colonial rule
— Yi Sang, 1910-1937, Korean poet and revolutionary under colonial rule
January 4, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“History weeps as it retraces the parabola.”
— Yi Sang, 1910-1937, Korean poet and revolutionary under colonial rule
— Yi Sang, 1910-1937, Korean poet and revolutionary under colonial rule
I’m learning that the real ones have always been real ones. And if they messed up, they always apologized, made amends, dug deep, did better. That’s what real ones do.
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I’m learning that the real ones have always been real ones. And if they messed up, they always apologized, made amends, dug deep, did better. That’s what real ones do.
I’m very honored & happy to be interviewed by @npr.org to share about my hospital chaplaincy work & why it’s so hard to talk about death, dying, & grief.
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
How to talk about death and dying : Life Kit
Death can be an uncomfortable and scary topic. But J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author of As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve, says talking about it can help us prepare for and process dea...
www.npr.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I’m very honored & happy to be interviewed by @npr.org to share about my hospital chaplaincy work & why it’s so hard to talk about death, dying, & grief.
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
NPR has always been my dream interview. Thank you to the amazing team who made me sound smarter than I really am. 🫶🙏
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
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J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death. n.pr/3MQXhKy
What being around death taught this hospital chaplain about life
J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death.
n.pr
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death. n.pr/3MQXhKy
My heart is with every soul who did not make it through this year,
every child and mother and father and sibling buried under rubble,
every family detained and separated and starved,
every student l*nched or k*lled in another preventable sh**ting,
every child and mother and father and sibling buried under rubble,
every family detained and separated and starved,
every student l*nched or k*lled in another preventable sh**ting,
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My heart is with every soul who did not make it through this year,
every child and mother and father and sibling buried under rubble,
every family detained and separated and starved,
every student l*nched or k*lled in another preventable sh**ting,
every child and mother and father and sibling buried under rubble,
every family detained and separated and starved,
every student l*nched or k*lled in another preventable sh**ting,
“Financially devastating but morally exhilarating” goes so hard.
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“Financially devastating but morally exhilarating” goes so hard.
I’m grieving so many people I had trusted as elders and mentors and leaders, but showed themselves as g*nocide apologists and viciously against immigrants and children.
I have hope for them, I won’t give up on them, but I cannot go with them, and I will not find safety with them in the same room.
I have hope for them, I won’t give up on them, but I cannot go with them, and I will not find safety with them in the same room.
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m grieving so many people I had trusted as elders and mentors and leaders, but showed themselves as g*nocide apologists and viciously against immigrants and children.
I have hope for them, I won’t give up on them, but I cannot go with them, and I will not find safety with them in the same room.
I have hope for them, I won’t give up on them, but I cannot go with them, and I will not find safety with them in the same room.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
Reposted by J.S. Park 박준
Beautiful interview with @jspark3000.bsky.social
How to cope with 'death anxiety,' according to a hospital chaplain www.npr.org/2025/12/30/n...
How to cope with 'death anxiety,' according to a hospital chaplain www.npr.org/2025/12/30/n...
What being around death taught this hospital chaplain about life
J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death...
www.npr.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Beautiful interview with @jspark3000.bsky.social
How to cope with 'death anxiety,' according to a hospital chaplain www.npr.org/2025/12/30/n...
How to cope with 'death anxiety,' according to a hospital chaplain www.npr.org/2025/12/30/n...
I just finished writing my third book and I’m proud and happy to say that not a single word of the book was generated by AI. Neither were my other books.
I also disabled AI search on my browser so I had to dig into the results any time I searched through them.
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I also disabled AI search on my browser so I had to dig into the results any time I searched through them.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I just finished writing my third book and I’m proud and happy to say that not a single word of the book was generated by AI. Neither were my other books.
I also disabled AI search on my browser so I had to dig into the results any time I searched through them.
This is
I also disabled AI search on my browser so I had to dig into the results any time I searched through them.
This is
“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”
— Andor, season 2 ep 9, Senator Mon Mothma
— Andor, season 2 ep 9, Senator Mon Mothma
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”
— Andor, season 2 ep 9, Senator Mon Mothma
— Andor, season 2 ep 9, Senator Mon Mothma
What I learned from how children were treated through Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Palestine, church abuse, antivaxers, child labor, the Epstein files,
is that no elected leader is going to save us.
We are the ones who have to keep us safe. From them.
is that no elected leader is going to save us.
We are the ones who have to keep us safe. From them.
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What I learned from how children were treated through Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Palestine, church abuse, antivaxers, child labor, the Epstein files,
is that no elected leader is going to save us.
We are the ones who have to keep us safe. From them.
is that no elected leader is going to save us.
We are the ones who have to keep us safe. From them.
It’s the guns.
And it’s unchecked power.
And fomenting bigotry.
And lack of action.
And enabling monsters.
And demonizing victims.
And cult allegiance.
And gloryifying violence.
And turning away.
And it’s unchecked power.
And fomenting bigotry.
And lack of action.
And enabling monsters.
And demonizing victims.
And cult allegiance.
And gloryifying violence.
And turning away.
December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s the guns.
And it’s unchecked power.
And fomenting bigotry.
And lack of action.
And enabling monsters.
And demonizing victims.
And cult allegiance.
And gloryifying violence.
And turning away.
And it’s unchecked power.
And fomenting bigotry.
And lack of action.
And enabling monsters.
And demonizing victims.
And cult allegiance.
And gloryifying violence.
And turning away.
“They have no shame, do they? They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that's the final humiliation.”
— Andor, season 2 ep 7, Senator Dasi Oran to Senator Mon Mothma
— Andor, season 2 ep 7, Senator Dasi Oran to Senator Mon Mothma
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“They have no shame, do they? They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that's the final humiliation.”
— Andor, season 2 ep 7, Senator Dasi Oran to Senator Mon Mothma
— Andor, season 2 ep 7, Senator Dasi Oran to Senator Mon Mothma
You would have been sixteen today. Miss you everyday, Rosco. ❤️🩹🐾
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You would have been sixteen today. Miss you everyday, Rosco. ❤️🩹🐾
Shout-out to every person still creating and writing and drawing and singing and choreographing and building and sculpting and imagining in this anxious and overwhelming time.
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Shout-out to every person still creating and writing and drawing and singing and choreographing and building and sculpting and imagining in this anxious and overwhelming time.
I wonder how the good folks at The Onion are doing after they saw the Pantone color of the year, but seriously on top of everything else I’m praying for them right now.
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I wonder how the good folks at The Onion are doing after they saw the Pantone color of the year, but seriously on top of everything else I’m praying for them right now.