Chaplain Hero: Rev. René Brandt
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital To be in the presence of Rev. René Brandt is to find calm in a storm. A chaplain at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, she counsels patients and teaches student chaplains to provide care for those coping with a life-altering diagnosis or traumatic injury. She claims she’s an introvert, […]
Elation: A Recipe for Elevating Health?
Health is not about blood pressure, weight, sugar and cholesterol levels — those are indicators, wake-up alerts. Health is about you and about us — the community — and it’s about expression. Let me explain. Trauma In 2016, Rochelle Sykes’ 12-year-old nephew was burned alive in a dumpster on Chicago’s West Side. Rochelle and her […]
