Linda McWhorter
Chaplain, Hospice Austin
When I left nonprofit management and followed a call to seminary, I never dreamed I’d be a Chaplain. I thought congregational leadership was my path. Then, I began a part time position as a hospice Chaplain while in seminary, and my life changed forever. I also completed an extended unit of CPE in a hospital as my field placement in seminary and completed a CPE Residency at a VA hospital after that.
That was nearly 20 years ago. I have worked as either a hospice or hospital chaplain since, with a brief stint from 2013-2016 when I served two successive congregations as Intentional Interim Minister. In fact, I found my chaplaincy skills to be extremely useful in Interim Ministry!
I now work as Staff Chaplain at an inpatient hospice facility, Hospice Austin Christopher House, and it is here I have truly found my calling, and where I hope to remain until retirement. The skills I have learned as a Chaplain have been very useful in my personal life as well, with friends and family who suffer loss, grief, life challenges, questions of faith, difficulties of all kinds. Chaplaincy has helped mold me into a better friend, family member, Minister, neighbor, and world citizen. This is what a chaplain looks like!
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