Chaplains' Corner

Rev. Dr. Reginald Eddins, DMin rdeddins@yahoo.com A Pastor's Metamorphosis: From Pulpit to Presence is a deeply personal story outlining a journey through the hidden process of spiritual and ministerial formation while serving under family leadership. Using the butterfly as a powerful metaphor, this book explores the often-unseen cocoon season of becoming—the stretching, pressing, and wrestling…

Tyler J. Parry This theologically rich and pastorally grounded book explores how art becomes a powerful language of healing, resistance, and hope behind prison walls. Drawing on the author's extensive experience in military and correctional chaplaincy, it examines how incarcerated individuals use creative expression to process trauma, reclaim agency, and imagine new possibilities for their…

Rev. Tyler Erickson, M.A., M.Div. Chaplain -- Ruby Memorial Hospital What if your challenge in life isn't finding yourself... but staying yourself? We live in an anxious world. Families pull us into old roles. Relationships pressure us to keep the peace. Social media demands outrage. Workplaces reward conformity. Politics pushes us into tribes. Little by…

Rev. Chaplain Marvin R. Jonasen, MDiv, BCC Staff Chaplain -- Emplify (by Gundersen) Health System “Goodbye" is perhaps the most difficult word to say. One moment our world is safe and loving; the next moment it shatters. When the crushing force of grief hits, we often feel blindsided, devastated, and numb: how do we go…

Miriam Diephouse-McMillan, BCC Psychiatric Hospital Chaplain Miriam Diephouse-McMillan works and writes at the intersection of Spirituality and Mental Health. As a psychiatric hospital chaplain for over 14 years, she explores the big questions of meaning, hope, and connection that shape our faith and well-being. Her book, Sacred Balance: How Ancient Practices Can Restore Modern Minds,…

Jane Kagia, EdD, BCC, GC-C, CG-Ed Chaplain Dr. Kagia has given us the gift of a book born from the intersection of personal experience, professional calling, and cultural identity. In these pages, she creates space for grief that honors both the rich particularity of Kenyan traditions and the universal human experience of loss. She reminds…

Anthony Cruz Pantojas, MATS, MALS, BCC Associate University Chaplain, Director of Humanist Life and Africana Spiritual Life - Tufts University In the book Wisdom Traditions in Spiritual Care: Integrative Explorations on Normativity, edited by Daniel Schipani, PhD, I contributed a chapter entitled “Otherwise” Inner and Outer Worlding. It explores a conceptual framework of existential care…

Karen Cherwien, BCC Staff Chaplain - Arkansas Children's Hospital karen@cherwien.com To learn more about (and/or purchase) Karen's new book, "Rewiring Human Spirituality: Cultivating Pneumaplasticity in a Culture of Fear," please visit: https://karen.cherwien.com/home/pneumaplasticity. Learn more here. {{ vc_btn: title=Submit+your+work+to+the+Chaplains%27+Corner%21&color=primary&align=center&css=&button_block=true }}

Carolyn Bourke Chaplaincy Manager - BaptistCare info@carolynbourke.com Carolyn Bourke’s debut novel, A Beautiful Death, is a moving and insightful exploration of the impact of dementia on individuals and their loved ones. Bourke offers a unique perspective on finding hope and God’s presence in life’s most challenging moments. A Beautiful Death has already garnered critical acclaim,…

Rick Lee James, MA, ACC Chaplain, Bon Secours Mercy Health Rick@RickLeeJames.com RickLeeJames.com Chaplain Rick Lee James Teams with Phil Keaggy for ‘Heaven Is Full of Criminals,’ A Song of Grace, Redemption, and Hope SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, July 9, 2026 /Christian Newswire/ — Singer/songwriter, author, podcaster, and hospital chaplain Rick Lee James will release his new single,…

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…

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 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…