Nancy Beck Irland
Nancy Beck Irland, a registered nurse, free-lance writer, and composer, writes from Cornelius, Oregon.
Articles by Nancy Beck Irland
The face on the canvas
October 1986
On an autumn evening Jane Brown parts the lace curtains of her upstairs bedroom window and stares sullenly at the land scape below. Gray clouds scud across the sky. A brown maple leaf scrapes noisily along the sidewalk.
"Peace at…
Stillborn: how the pastor can help
January 1987
During a stillbirth delivery the nurses and doctor are the primary caretakers of the family. But in the hours after, when reality starts to sink in, the family turns to close friends and the pastor for emotional support.
Many pastors…