{"id":597,"date":"2015-01-05T22:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T07:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=597"},"modified":"2015-01-06T02:14:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:14:52","slug":"jan-5-the-gifts-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 5 &#8211; The Gifts of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 5 &#8211; The Gifts of Christmas\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=597\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gifts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-598\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gifts.jpg\" alt=\"gifts\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gifts.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gifts-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At our monthly meeting of our volunteer chaplains I was leading the team building portion of the meeting.\u00a0 I asked everyone to answer the same question, <em>\u201cWhat was the most meaningful gift you received this Christmas and why was it meaningful?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our answered varied based on our situations.\u00a0 But the common denominator between all the responses was that the love and affection the giver had for the recipient was clear to all of us as the answers were shared.\u00a0 Gifts do much more than stimulate the economy; they show that we are enough about the recipient to get them something we know they will truly enjoy.\u00a0 This does not always mean the gift has to be expensive.\u00a0 It does require action of the heart as we select the gift with the recipient in mind.<\/p>\n<p>In the hospital I speak with patients who often say the gift they want most no matter the time of year is healing of the condition that brought them to us in the first place.\u00a0 Sometimes we are able to provide healing.\u00a0 In other instances where all we can offer in management of the illness, patients are still grateful for the tools we use to offer them comfort.\u00a0 I am convinced that healing and comfort are two of the most important gifts the health care profession offers to our patients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At our monthly meeting of our volunteer chaplains I was leading the team building portion of the meeting.\u00a0 I asked everyone to answer the same question, \u201cWhat was the most meaningful gift you received this Christmas and why was it meaningful?\u201d Our answered varied based on our situations.\u00a0 But the common denominator between all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=597\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 5 &#8211; The Gifts of Christmas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}