Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

Sometimes, you can't identify the holes that need to be filled until you have fallen through them.

By sharing the stories below, I've tried to raise questions that I don't hear being asked enough, and to start a conversation about issues that pertain both to healthcare and a number of other institutions in this country that struggle with shame, fear, recognizing people's humanity, and the abuse of power. Conversely, I believe all of us - both individually and as a whole - have untapped resources of joy, trust, and emotional well-being that can heal a multitude of wounds and move us forward in new and profound ways.

I wrote the first ten posts below in 2017, and then the next five during the turbulent summer of 2020. I’m now at Candler School of Theology, with the goal of becoming a hospital chaplain when I finish my studies. I’m being challenged in many new ways, and will write when I can. For new readers, my blog makes more sense if you start at the beginning with post #1. Please feel free to reach out to me at rachel.weissburg@emory.edu if you have thoughts about anything I’ve written. Here’s to a better, braver world!

Rachel Weissburg

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13) Redemption

One of the things that interested me about Perry's writing was the focus on sin and redemption in each of the plot lines. While never stated quite so explicitly, every book tended to have a theme, and that theme was often a moral one. It wasn't until I had been reading her books for about a year that I happened to read the back of one of the jacket covers, which gave a brief description of the author's life. In it, much to my shock, it mentioned that the author herself had committed murder when she was 15 years old.

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