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A chaplain can enter a room with sound training, good intentions, and a full list of helpful resources, yet still miss the person in front of them. The problem is rarely a lack of words. More often, the chaplain has not become quiet enough to receive what the person is actually saying.
Sacred liste...
Formation for the chaplain's own inner life. Part of our Ministry of Presence series.
The hardest calls are the ones you cannot solve. A parent sits in a hospital hallway after the worst news of their life. A firefighter stares at the floor after a call that went wrong. A neighbor loses the person ...
Community chaplains work in the ordinary places where people already live: neighborhood centers, shelters, food banks, disaster sites, small businesses, and civic gatherings. They do not wait for people to walk into a hospital or a station house. They go to the corner where life happens and stay lon...