Confessions of a Circuit Rider: A Marginal Chaplain’s Apocalyptic and Disjointed Journal

Chaplain Stephen Faller is a highly accomplished and experienced pastoral care expert, educator, and author with an impressive career spanning over two decades.

Currently serving as an ACPE Chaplain Educator at Overlook Medical Center (Atlantic Health System), Summit, NJ, Stephen is responsible for building a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program and recruiting students for an ACPE accredited center. He has also worked with Atlantic Health System on the Spiritual Care Steering Committee, which oversees the implementation of spiritual care policies and procedures in healthcare settings. Stephen’s impressive work has even resulted in the securing of a $100,000 demonstration grant with the George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health (GWISH).

In addition to his work at Overlook Medical Center, Stephen is also the Director & Founder of The Institute for Spiritual Midwifery, LLC, based in Hopewell, NJ. He has partnered with Jersey Shore University Medical Center and designed a CPSP accredited program for a virtual CPE program.

In addition to his work as a chaplain, Stephen is also an accomplished author with four published books and several articles. His most recent book, Confessions of a Circuit Rider, was published in the fall of 2023.

Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Chaplain Stephen Faller for a discussion of his recent book Confessions of a Circuit Rider: A Marginal Chaplain’s Apocalyptic and Disjointed Journal. We’ll discuss the state of spiritual care for those with disabilities, as well as providing spiritual care as a person with disabilities.

Please register for free here.

Learning outcomes

This webinar is intended to foster the following learning outcomes for participants:

1. Gain an awareness of how physical disability informs the identity formation of a spiritual caregiver.
2. Understand how the intersection of physical disability and spiritual caregiving differs from spiritual care offered by persons without a physical disability.
3. Gain an awareness of implicit bias among spiritual caregivers against other caregivers who have physical disabilities.