by admin | Sep 6, 2026 | Reflections, Transformation, Wellness
A Prison Chaplain’s Reflection on How Chance the Rapper Found the Freedom to Feel and the Power to Change. Last week, I turned 53 years old. At 53, my “bucket list” of things I want to experience before I die has taken on a new sense of joyful urgency. On that list...
by admin | Aug 17, 2026 | Reflections, Wellness
As a new prison chaplain, I have been thinking a lot about freedom and what it means to be free. As I drive onto the campus of the prison where I serve, I have rights that end as I enter the gates. As I leave my car, there are a myriad of objects that I must abandon....
by admin | Aug 10, 2026 | Stauts, Transformation
Hello again, Friends! It has been a while since I have written to you and I have missed writing my weekly blogs and connecting with you in this way. I am excited to say that after some healing of my own, and beginning new work in the community, I have begun writing...
by admin | Aug 10, 2026 | Reflections, Transformation, Wellness
The Gospel of Mark Chapter 5: 1-20. While I do not consider my name, “Mildred,” to define me or reflect my core sense of self, my name is a symbol of my identity and names are a relevant marker of identity in most cultures. Thus, in this gospel story, when Jesus...
by admin | May 17, 2025 | Reflections, Transformation, Wellness
Boundaries Are Our Best Self-Protection. Many years ago I had a social work mentor that was apt to give me this feedback. She would say, “Milly, no one can “make you” feel anything.” Now some twenty-plus years later, I respectfully disagree. We live in a crazy...
by admin | May 13, 2025 | Reflections, Wellness
“I don’t think you are as sober as you think you are.” I said these words to a friend yesterday. And no, we weren’t out drinking. We were taking shelter from the deluge of rain that was pouring down outside in the comfort of a bookstore. We were just sitting and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2025 | Reflections, Wellness
If that statement, “Wellness begins with WE” feels kitchie, I can understand. To be honest, I have been feeling a bit “overly sentimental” and “nostalgic” this week. But the word “kitchie” has a second meaning as well. The word, “kitchie” is a Scottish term referring...
by admin | Apr 25, 2025 | Reflections, Resurrection
My blog is late this week. The day that I typically write this blog I was told the horrific news that my dear friend had died. I did not, and frankly do not, have the words to tell you how broken my heart is at this moment. How can I tell you about my confusion? What...
by admin | Apr 15, 2025 | Reflections, Transformation
Ubuntu Practice # 7. Choose Hope Over Optimism. I love to write. This fact is interesting because I did not learn to read or write until after the third grade. To the second grade me reading and writing was a mystery. I believed that this mystery had simply been...
by admin | Apr 7, 2025 | Podcast
An Interview with Esther Perel I have a hard time asking for what I need. Actually, let me be more clear, I have a hard time being a person who needs anything. In my 50 years I have loved deeply. But, to be honest, I am not sure I have ever let myself be loved,...
