Subscribe to CRN blog updates

Choose the audiences you want to hear from. Select All for every audience, or select one or more individual audiences.


We use your email only for the updates you request.
Audience updates
Choose at least one. All cannot be combined with another audience.
Loading audience choices…

BLOG-017 | Chaplain Spiritual Assessment: Ask Before You Interpret active-listening care-seekers chaplain-director formation how-to new-chaplain practitioner spiritual-assessment Aug 04, 2026

Spiritual assessment begins before a chaplain asks the first question. It begins with a decision: will I meet this person as a mystery to receive, or as a problem to classify? The difference shapes every word that follows. A hurried chaplain can mistake familiarity for understanding. A faithful chap...

Continue Reading...
BLOG-011 | Chaplain Charting: How to Write a Spiritual Care Note chaplain-director charting documentation field-guide formation how-to learners spiritual-assessment Jul 21, 2026

A field guide for chaplains who want their charting to serve the person, not just the file.

You sat with a man in the ICU for forty minutes. He talked about his daughter, the one he has not spoken to in nine years. He cried once. Then he asked you to pray, and changed his mind. Now you are back at ...

Continue Reading...