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From MIT news: Chaplains “are here to help guide the MIT community toward being more inclusive, more caring, more supportive, and more ethically minded,” Boswell-Ford says. Ordained by the American Baptist Churches…

From Justin Kaplan at WBUR: Chris Alburger may very well be the first chaplain in America hired specifically for LGBTQ senior care. He is definitely the first-ever LGBTQ Chaplain Resident at Hebrew SeniorLife. The…

From the Santa Barbara Independent: Isla Vista Chaplain Scott Claassen Runs a Ministry of Surfing and Spirit: UCSB Students Get Close to Creation on the Waves Read more at the Independent.

From Isabel Fattal at The Atlantic: MIT Now Has a Humanist Chaplain to Help Students With the Ethics of Tech “Even some of the most powerful tech companies start out tiny, with a…

From Sigal Samuel at The Atlantic: A Design Lab Is Making Rituals for Secular People “Religions have long been the dominant suppliers of rituals, gamely stepping in with an answer to every…

From Rhitu Chatterjee at NPR: Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden “Loneliness isn’t just a fleeting feeling, leaving us sad for a few hours to a…

From NPR’s Morning Edition: A Chaplain Talks March Madness “Some say the team’s success has something to do with their chaplain. Her name is Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt. She is 98 years old.…