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Chaplaincy on The Moth Radio Hour
Readers of news from the Lab may be interested in this episode of The Moth Radio Hour: “Open Adoption, Tin Foil Dinosaurs, and the Imam.” The third segment of the show is…
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Chaplaincy in Harper’s
John Crowley writes in Harper’s: “Works of Mercy: The Power of Pastoral Care” [paywalled]: I met Susan Harris when my now adult daughter returned to Children’s for a procedure that turned out…
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2019 Symposium on Supervision – ACPE Pacific Community of Practice
Via ACPE: The Pacific Community of Practice is excited to invite all Certified Educator Candidates, those both in the “old” and “new” process, to participate in a unique educational opportunity. The Symposium…
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Cops and chaplains: South Jersey program to help officers
From CBS News in Clayton, NJ (video below): “Officers are guardians of society and they see a lot of things in their shift that most people won’t see in their entire lifetime…
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Growing numbers of “nones”
From Religion News Service: In a shift that stands to impact both religion and politics, survey data suggests that the percentage of Americans who don’t affiliate with any specific religious tradition is…
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A chaplain’s hope at San Quentin
From America magazine: On Wednesday morning, San Quentin State Prison, California’s largest, awoke to some surprising news. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order placing a moratorium on the state’s death penalty.…
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Support beyond services: chaplains at Williams College
From the Williams Record: Despite the many ways the chaplains engage with the campus, one of their central commitments is counseling students individually, regardless of their faith identities. “In fact, I don’t…
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Texas bans all chaplains from execution chamber
From the Texas Tribune, and also widely reported in many other outlets around the country: The state of Texas has banned all prison chaplains from its execution chamber, days after the U.S.…
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New SCOTUS ruling on chaplains in executions
From the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty*: Earlier this year, the Supreme Court drew harsh criticism from many religious liberty advocates, and deservedly so, after overturning a federal appeals court injunction…
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“Behind you all the way”
Wendy Norris, founder and CEO of Texas Line of Duty Death Task Force, writes on Fire Engineering about the work of chaplaincy: The journey through tragedy is often lonely. We must navigate…
