Category / Lab News & Views
Here’s what we think! The views expressed here are from the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab! And, of course we want to hear your views as well!
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Conversation Circles and Professional Development 2022
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL), in collaboration with the Fetzer Institute, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of new Conversation Circles for BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) chaplains in 2022…
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Spiritual Care in the 21st Century – Chapter 4 excerpt
Spiritual reflection draws on a chaplain’s interreligious and multireligious literacy, but doesn’t require expertise in all religious traditions. Chaplains also do not have privileged knowledge about the nature, content, or function of… -
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After theology, what?
Language Words are funny. They create worlds. In the beginning, God creates by speaking. In the beginning, Adam’s first job as garden poet-in-residence was to name things. In the beginning. Words are… -
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Lab discussed in Tricycle article
Pamela Gayle White, recently featured in THIS Is What A Chaplain Looks Like, has published an article in Tricycle on Buddhist chaplaincy. You can read "Where the Buddhist Chaplains Are" here. White… -
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Staff Care in the Emergency Department
In the middle of the Emergency Department at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, there is an “island” of work stations. A five-foot-tall glass wall separates the north and south sides of the… -
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Spiritual Literacy Certificate Program now registering
Be part of a global effort to foster a loving world in which all people live with dignity, a sense of belonging, and a reverence for all life through the sharing of… -
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Spiritual Care in the 21st Century – Chapter 3 excerpt
When asked what their work is about, chaplains often describe it as a “ministry of presence.” Many chaplains associate their ministry—or service—of presence with mindful attention to the presence of “the sacred.”… -
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“I don’t do religion”
Third voice Chaplain Shelley Varner Perez, IU Health, presents on the research behind the article. In healthcare settings, chaplains notice now more than ever an increasing number of religiously non-identifying patients. These… -
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Networking event for chaplains in New Jersey
Conference: Caring for Interfaith Caregivers This half-day, hybrid event ends our project Caring for Interfaith Caregivers. As this project's overall goal is to establish and strengthen networks of chaplains in the state… -
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What #BeAnAlly Means to Me
We've heard so much about the term "allyship" over the last few years and one thing is certain: it means different things to different people. I propose a related phrase: #BeAnAlly. As…
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