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DC chaplain: “100 blessings a day”
David Balto, volunteer chaplain at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, offers insight into how he approaches spiritual care in this almost-1,000 bed hospital in the nation’s capital: What happens to the woman who…
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CIL audio short: spiritual care in palliative care
CIL Executive Director Michael Skaggs talks with Dr. Betty Ferrell, director and professor in the Division of Nursing Research and Education at City of Hope. Dr. Ferrell discusses why spiritual care is…
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ChIME seeks next president
The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME) has announced its search for the Institute’s next president. Potential applications should study the search announcement and position description here, as well as visit ChIME at…
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Fetzer Institute publishes CIL article on future of spiritual care
We are grateful the Fetzer Institute has published a brief article by CIL Executive Director Michael Skaggs on a gathering in December 2019, generously hosted by Fetzer, to discuss the future of…
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Guest post: sports chaplaincy
By Will Whitmore I serve as the School Minister (our term for chaplain) at Mercersburg Academy, a coeducational, independent, secondary, boarding and day school located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. In this role I not…
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New book on experiences of Muslim chaplain
Sondos Kholaki, healthcare chaplain in Irvine, California, recently published Musings of a Muslim Chaplain. From Amazon: This book chronicles the journey of a Muslim hospital chaplain from the beginning of her internship…
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CIL audio short: Buddhist chaplaincy
CIL Executive Director Michael Skaggs talks with Koshin Paley Ellison, Founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Advisor to the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, about what it means to…
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Franklin County, OH expands police chaplain services
From PoliceOne.com and Holly Zachariah at The Columbus Dispatch: The chaplains will help however they are needed, Connolly said, whether comforting bystanders at a crash scene, offering kindness to grieving families or…
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CIL audio short: Spiritual care and mental health
CIL Executive Director Michael Skaggs talks with Margot Davis, Senior Research Associate at Brandeis University and Advisor to the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, about what chaplaincy and counseling care have in common and…
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Webinar: LatinX Chaplaincy
The Lab is joined by three leaders in LatinX chaplaincy to discuss their work in higher education and what it means to provide spiritual care to these communities. Michael Skaggs: Well, good…
