Sewanee seeking new lay chaplain
From Mary Katherine Saye at The Sewanee Purple:
Deep recalls that when first starting as Sewanee’s lay chaplain, she had to learn how to “be a listener without internalizing everyone’s problems.” She was inspired by her own lay chaplain at Sewanee who was able to give her perspective, but was also able to be casual with her. She credits the connection she built with her lay chaplain to being able to talk to “someone a little older than me,” but not so much older that it had been a long time since they had been in her shoes. Chaplain Tom Macfie suggests that this characteristic is central to the position of lay chaplain, and a feature to keep in mind as the search for a new lay chaplain begins.