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Larry Patten

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Born

Sacramento, California, The United States

Website

http://hospice-matters.com/

Genre

Hospice, Contemporary

Member Since

December 2011

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Larry Patten is a writer and retired pastor, currently working in grief support for a hospice in lovely Fresno, California. He publishes hospice-matters.com, about dying, death, and grief. He also posts weekly reverent (and sometimes irreverent) musings about the Holy and human relationship at larrypatten.com. Patten has served churches, been a hospice chaplain, and worked as a campus minister. He enjoys backpacking, biking, reading, playing with his dog, serving the cats, wine tasting, cooking and playing cribbage with his wife.

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Time to Walk Into the Sunset

The final walk into the sunset…

Hospice means the end of the line. It’s when someone raises the white flag of surrender, tosses in the towel to declare it’s over, takes the final walk into the sunset.

Which is not true about hospice care!

Except, for me, it is true.

This will be my last weekly Hospice Matters post.

Back in 1989, I had my first hospice encounter with a farm family in Wisconsin. A hu

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Larry Patten’s books

Average rating: 4.5 · 12 ratings · 2 reviews · 15 distinct works

	A Companion for the Hospice Journey: Thoughts on Life's Tough Decisions 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Companion For The Journey: 41 Reflections (mostly) on the Lord's Prayer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Companion for the Journey: 41 Reflections (mostly) on the Lord's Prayer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Companion for the Journey: 40 Reflections (and Questions) on Faith 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twin Earth Paradox 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	21st Century Tribal Boundaries: A Journey from Reaction to Reflection 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars