Chaplains' Corner - Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

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Religious Diversity and University Chaplaincy

Rev Dr. Gregory W. McGonigle Dean of Religious Life, Emory University Gmcgoni@emory.edu Since the 1990s, the religious diversity of United States universities has increased, with growing numbers of students, faculty, and staff who are Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Humanist. To support these demographics, university chaplaincies and spiritual life programs have been expanding beyond their Christian…

Tides That Shape Us

Barry Eneh MS, MPH, PhD Chief of the Chaplain Service, VA Boston Health Care Grief rarely arrives speaking in complete sentences. More often, it moves through silence, memory, longing, and the slow work of becoming someone new after loss. Tides That Shape Us is more than a collection of poems; it is a contemplative companion…

The Well Is Deep

The Rev. Hillary Beasley Kimsey Vicar, St. Antony's Episcopal Church, Silverdale, WA What happens when the helpers need help? Critical care chaplain Hillary Kimsey was working in a downtown Seattle hospital when the first U.S. COVID-19 case appeared just miles away. For the next four years, she walked into rooms where families said goodbye over…