What does it mean to die well — and to walk alongside those who are?
In this episode of the First on Fifth Podcast — part of our special series inspired by the book “Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People,” also our fall 2026 sermon series — Pastor Kyle Caudle sits down with Charlie Patrick, a hospital chaplain whose family is an active part of the First on Fifth community, to explore the practice of “Dying Well.”
Rooted in Psalm 23 — “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me” — Charlie shares how he brings those words to the bedside, speaking each patient’s own name into the psalm, and what nearly two decades of hospital and hospice ministry have taught him: that the end of life can feel like a lonely place, and that the reminder we are not alone is one of the most powerful gifts we can offer.
A tender, honest conversation about grief, presence, and the hope that holds us through every valley.