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Richard | Herder of Chaplains
@leadwithsoul.bsky.social
🏥 Spent about a decade as a hospital chaplain before moving to manager. 💙 Oncology & Palliative Care remain near and dear to me.

🎙️ Co-host of @sacredspacepodcast.bsky.social

🔎 Pursuing meaning, purpose, and connection in a disconnected world.
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Terri Friedman, contemporary US artist whose work is often expressed in fiber art #WomensArt
July 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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July 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I’m starting to wonder if being a morning person is really just having anxiety and not being able to go back to sleep…
July 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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You might be surprised by who or what can teach you about your own spirituality…

#spirituality #chaplaincy #podcast
July 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Where do you experience wonder in your life?

#spirituality #chaplaincy
July 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I watched “Sinners” two weeks ago and still think about it daily.

They don’t make movies like that anymore!

#filmsky
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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“Superman is too woke!”

Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I don’t know what water park lifeguards get paid but I know it’s not enough
July 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I like #flowers
July 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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A glorious female Black Swallowtail on a pink double Zinnia this morning for #InsectThursday 🖤💛🧡💙

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
July 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yesterday, on a whim, I ordered my a ham and cheese sandwich on white bread.

And, holy smokes, it hit the spot!!

Has white bread always been this good?!?

I’m never going back to wheat
July 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The level of dehumanization occurring throughout our country is disheartening.

Yet it is easy to affirm another’s humanity by making eye contact, a simple word of encouragement, a smile

While we ask for better from those in charge, may we be leaders of honoring the dignity and worth of others
July 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Today at our dept staff meeting our conversation drifted into the macabre (as can happen with healthcare chaplains). It was brought out of the abyss by a discussion of the show “The Ultimatum.” Sounds like a doozy!
July 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
June 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Check out our first episode and let us know where you find the sacred in your life!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#podcast #spirituality #sacred #selfcare #resilience
June 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I believe we all are spiritual and that it’s a key part of the human experience.

How do you press into your own spirituality?
June 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🌎 In a world gone mad, taking time to connect to the sacred is more important than ever for resilience and rejuvenation. 🛟

🔎 Where do you find the sacred in your life?

@sacredspacepodcast.bsky.social

#spirituality #chaplaincy #podcast #sacredspacepodcast
June 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Goodness gracious! Look at this beauty from our garden!

(my wife is the gardening, I just reap the benefits.)

#roses #bloomscrolling #spirituality #sacred
June 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s Juneteenth!

Listen. Learn. Empower.

#juneteenth #freedom #solidarity
June 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎸✨ What if naming something sacred changes everything?

🌟 What do you call sacred? A place? A moment? A ritual? A feeling?
Let it shape how you move through the world.

#SacredMoments #MeaningMaking #Spirituality #TheSacredSpacePodcast #HeavyMetalHealing #BlueSkyThoughts
June 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in chaplaincy, it’s that we might not all be religious but we are all are seeking meaning, purpose, and connection.

#chaplaincy #spirituality
June 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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🔍 “To ascribe sacredness is to transform the experience—what we name becomes more meaningful.”
What are you calling sacred these days?

#SacredSpacePodcast #SpiritualCare #MeaningAndPurpose #SacredMoments #NamingMatters #RetroWisdom
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
That plastic container in your cabinet? Might be more sacred than you think.

🌀 What we name becomes more meaningful.

📣 Check out episode 1: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#SacredSpacePodcast #SpiritualCare #SacredOrdinary #MeaningMaking #RetroWisdom #TupperwareReverence #HolyRollers
June 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Lifting up transgender voices in literature has always been important, but now it's more vital than ever.
Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility with These Middle Grade and YA Titles
Lifting up transgender voices in literature has always been important, but now it's more important than ever. Share these 14 books by trans creators and/or about trans characters ahead of Transgender ...
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June 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@sacredspacepodcast.bsky.social is now on Apple Podcasts.

Try working this pod into your rotation.

For me, I go news(get riled up), Conan O’Brien needs a friend (have a laugh), then The Sacred Space Podcast (refocus on the meaningful).

How can you work it in?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
June 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM