Nettie Reynolds

Playwright and Essayist, Chicago, IL

Nettie Reynolds is a produced playwright and nationally published essayist. She is a graduate of Goddard College and has been published in Rio Review, The Bangalore Review, Humans of the World, Ponder Review and others. She served as a hospital chaplain and then hospice chaplain for seven years. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Written by Nettie Reynolds

An elderly hand resting being held by younger hands against a dark background.

Let the mystery be

As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark

by Nettie Reynolds