Category / Lab News & Views

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Book Club will meet in October and November 2021 to discuss Danielle Buhuro’s Spiritual Care in an Age of #BlackLivesMatter. Learn more and register here.

Lab colleague John Ehman, Manager for Pastoral Care at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, has created a 2-page PDF guide for chaplains who may find themselves caring for Afghan refugees. Chaplains can access…

Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Advisor Ron Oliver writes in Norton Healthcare News: While we were cognizant of the obvious needs, what took its toll on me and many of my chaplain colleagues was…

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is pleased to welcome Zac Willette, MDiv, BCC as its inaugural Innovator in Residence. Zac is a board-certified chaplain who has accompanied thousands of people through both life…

Lab research on student engagement with spiritual care in higher education settings has been published in Journal of College and Character. You can find “Assessing Student Engagement With Campus Chaplains: A Pilot…

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is excited to partner with Templeton Religion Trust on a project to examine how chaplains act as facilitators of covenantal pluralism. In a world that is marked by…

Guest post by Rev. Josiah Hoagland, Sr., DMin. Hoagland is a Spiritual Care Coordinator at Essentia Health. He was included in This Is What A Chaplain Looks Like.  Chaplaincy and Other Helping…

Kristen Lucken, Lab Advisory Group member and Lecturer in International & Global Studies and Religious Studies at Brandeis University, recently published "In times of stress, turning to contemplation can be helpful –…

Rev. Heidi Kugler, Chaplaincy Administrator, Federal Bureau of Prisons Boston University School of Theology, a key partner in Lab initiatives, has included Lab Advisory Group member Rev. Heidi Kugler in its Distinguished…