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Conflict at the bedside rarely starts with the patient. It starts with a frightened family, a hard prognosis, and two relatives who love the same person in opposite ways. The chaplain who walks into that room carries no authority to decide anything, and that is exactly the strength. Your job is to l...
Chaplain crisis response begins before you say a word. When you arrive at a scene, the people there read your body, your pace, and your face for one signal: is this person safe to be near. Your first job is to become that steady presence.
A calm chaplain lowers the temperature of a room. An anxious...
Every chaplain supervisor watches the same reflex appear in new trainees. A patient starts to cry, a widow goes quiet, a young officer stares at the floor, and the chaplain in training reaches for words. The instinct is kind. It is also the first thing a supervisor has to slow down. Presence is not ...
