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About Me:
Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 17 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at a Hospice Care Center in Northern Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.

Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 15 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. He has spoken at several college campuses and keynoted at several Hospice Conferences. His first book of four "What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living" is a Doubleday Book Club, One Spirit, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization selection.

Sam's undergraduate study was at Georgetown College with a B.A. in Psychology. He received his Master of Divinity @ The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with an emphasis in the Pastor/Teacher track. In 2003, Sam Oliver finished his post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Ethics through Rush University in Chicago, IL. Presently, Reverend Doctor Samuel Lee Oliver is the Chaplain at a Hospice Care Center in Ohio.
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My Grandmother and I were very close.
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At 8:50pm on October 12, 2008, Rosemary said…
I read your article "the ways we grieve" and I am sorry to admit that I "grieve through the ego". The fact that my husband is not suffering and his soul is at peace does not seem to give me much comfort because all I really care about right now is that he is gone and not here with me where I want him to be.

Yes, I know it is a selfish and immature way to react. Guilty as charged. Will this change with time? Will I mature emotionally? Does my spiritual maturity really have much to do with this?

You have left me with more questions than answers but maybe that is the point? For right now, the "here and now" is not very appealing.

Rosemary
At 7:56am on July 16, 2008, Diana, Grief Recovery Coach said…
Sam,
Welcome to Online Grief Support!
At 1:58am on July 16, 2008, Barbara said…
thank you for your caring support, and everyone could use a friend or many today and forever. again thank you Barbara
 
 
 

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