Over 20 years ago, I was a college student who didn’t want to return to an unstable home. So instead, I found a job as a lifeguard at a Christian summer camp in the Texas Hill Country.
Britt Luby
Britt Luby received her master's degree in religion from the Graduate Theological Union in conjunction with the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. She works in hospital chaplaincy. She is a Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty Fellow and a member of Daughters of Abraham, an interfaith women's group. You can learn more at brittluby.com.
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Communion, death and a Last Supper in the NICU on Holy Thursday
For me, Communion is holy and very real, a connection to God and to God’s people. As a hospital chaplain, though, my job is to support the spirituality of patients and families right where they are.
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An Arabic proverb for the survivors of the Morocco earthquake: ‘Neighbor before house’
Neighbor before house, the house is gone. Neighbor before house, here is some food we managed to find. Neighbor before house, at least we have each other.
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Hospital chaplain: I’ve seen the bodies of children killed by guns. Must you see them, too?
I have heard it said that if the public could see the physical images of violence after a shooting, perhaps we would all be more fervent in our demand for radical change. I have seen it. Must I make you look, too?
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A prayer for the children and parents who live in fear of school shootings
One month after Uvalde, we are growing numb to gun violence. Even so, we must resolve to comfort the mourners, to beat guns into plowshares, and to say “never again” and mean it.
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The blessings and sorrows of being a female Catholic hospital chaplain
My journal lists the names of 19 children this year who died after I spoke with their crying mother, their weary father.
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How to celebrate with the graduate in your life who is grieving the loss of a loved one
What if you spent four years of college processing your grief?
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I felt alone after my miscarriage. Then other women (like Meghan Markle) began sharing their stories.
We are called as Catholics to honor the dignity of every single person—and there are small but meaningful ways to reach out to someone who has experienced a pregnancy loss.