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Here If You Need Me A True Story

Kate Braestrup

Ten years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On the very roads t...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

It is a memoir published in 2007 about the author's experiences as a chaplain to game wardens in Maine, reflecting on life, death, loss, and faith. The book includes anecdotes from her work and personal life, such as her husband's sudden death and how it shaped her ministry.

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If anyone needs proof that God has a sense of humor, here it is. I am a middle-aged mother of four who primarily works with young, very fit men. My preferred habitat is a warm, well-stocked library ye...

— Episode: Kate Braestrup — A Presence in the Wild

Episode: Kate Braestrup — A Presence in the Wild

It is a memoir published in 2007 about the author's experiences as a chaplain to game wardens in Maine, reflecting on life, death, loss, and faith. The book includes anecdotes from her work and personal life, such as her husband's sudden death and how it shaped her ministry.

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If anyone needs proof that God has a sense of humor, here it is. I am a middle-aged mother of four who primarily works with young, very fit men. My preferred habitat is a warm, well-stocked library yet I work in the outdoors without doorsmen.

But the crowning irony she continues is that I, a famously loquacious person, have a job that mostly requires me to just show up. Shut my mouth and be.

sometimes I remember something funny that Drew once said some offhand comment that still cracks me up and I think. To be able to make someone laugh years after I'm gone that is all the immortality I could ever ask for.

If you are in Christian terms following Christ or in unitarian universalist terms completely and holy in love then you are in heaven no matter where you are. If you are not in love you are in hell no matter where you are.

She concludes the stories we tell of heaven and hell are not about how we die but about how we live.

Episode: Kate Braestrup — A Presence in the Wild

It is a memoir recounting the author's experiences as a chaplain to game wardens in Maine, focusing on her ministry of presence during moments of danger, disaster, and loss, particularly after the death of her husband. The book includes anecdotes and reflections on faith, love, and the human capacity to cope with grief.

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If anyone needs proof that God has a sense of humor, here it is. I am a middle-aged mother of four who primarily works with young, very fit men. My preferred habitat is a warm, well-stocked library yet I work in the outdoors without doorsmen.

But the crowning irony she continues is that I, a famously loquacious person, have a job that mostly requires me to just show up. Shut my mouth and be.

sometimes I remember something funny that Drew once said some offhand comment that still cracks me up and I think. To be able to make someone laugh years after I'm gone that is all the immortality I could ever ask for.

If you are in Christian terms following Christ or in unitarian universalist terms completely and holy in love then you are in heaven no matter where you are. If you are not in love you are in hell no matter where you are.

She concludes the stories we tell of heaven and hell are not about how we die but about how we live.

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