Steve Durkac
Welcome! I am a hospice chaplain and this site is where I blog on the topics of grief, death, and biblical faith.
Visit the Blog Index page to search over 400 posts through topical categories or selected keywords. Articles can also be searched by topics through the magnifying glass feature at the right side of the above menu.
Grief Group
Visit the Grief Support Group page to learn about our meetings at the Foley Senior Center. This is not a curriculum lecture group, but a relaxed gathering with opportunity to share as little or as much as you may deem comfortable.
Spiritual Support
Below are some blog posts that can help you and your family find spiritual support and help navigate traumatic circumstances and the end-of-life journey.
• When Someone is Dying — There are signs of dying when a loved-one is struggling with a terminal disease or for whatever reason is at the end of their life. People don’t die…
• CPR, DNR, and Letting Go — It is a very emotionally difficult position to be in when a physician asks the family if they want them to do all they can to keep your loved one…
• Making Peace — Few of us have actually set out to live our lives as pirates, obsessively searching for rum and treasure while giving no regard for contributing to society or being a morally centered…
• Why Bad Things Happen — When a loved one lays unconscious and dependent on a machine to breathe or a simple drive to the grocery store is interrupted by a drunk driver or a physician informs…
• Appointed Time to Die — Most of us have heard it said, “When it’s your turn to go, it’s your turn to go” or “When your number comes up, there’s nothing you can do about it” or “We all have an appointed…
• When Your World Shatters — As a chaplain at a trauma hospital just miles from the beaches of the upper Gulf Coast, I frequently deal with patients and families who have had diving accidents…
• Grief is an Ocean — Somewhere on social media I saw a quote that expressed the idea that grief is an ocean. I don’t know where I saw it, who said it or how it was originally said, but I remember it being put like…
