Webinars

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab offers webinars on a wide variety of topics. These sessions are recorded so those who can’t attend them live can view them at their convenience later. Some events are free and open to the public, while others are for Chaplaincy Innovation Lab individual and organizational subscribers. If there are topics or ideas you’d like to see explored on a webinar, contact us at info@chaplaincyinnovation.org.

We also invite your organization to consider sponsoring one or more webinars. Sponsors are listed on all pre-event publicity, during the event, and in all follow-up and archival materials. Sponsorship is an excellent opportunity to reach an incredibly diverse community of chaplains, educators, and others contributing to the work of spiritual care. For more information, write to us at info@chaplaincyinnovation.org.

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Spiritual AIM

Over the past two decades, Spiritual AIM has grown from an emerging framework for spiritual assessment into one of the most widely used models in professional chaplaincy. This interactive webinar will explore the history and foundational concepts of Spiritual AIM, examine how it is being applied today in a variety of spiritual care settings around…

AI in Chaplaincy

Artificial Intelligence tools are reshaping administrative and clinical work in chaplaincy—but with rapid adoption comes the need for ethical clarity and practical guardrails. This session will demystify how generative and nongenerative AI works and explore the intersection of professional ethics, theological integrity, and technological innovation. Presenters will guide participants in learning terminology for discerning ethical…

Mapping Spiritual Innovation

This Chaplaincy Innovation Lab webinar presents recent research mapping spiritual innovation efforts across the United States. Through semi-structured interviews with leaders of hundreds of spiritually innovative groups, the project examined how religious communities are reimagining their role amid the rise of so-called religious “nones”* and declining attendance at traditional religious services. The webinar identifies five…

Course Launch – Trauma

What do we mean when we say trauma? What “counts,” what doesn’t, and how does the individual or community’s experience modulate how we think about adverse experiences as traumatic? This presentation will introduce attendees to the basic outlines of spiritual care and trauma and offer an overview of the course. Professor Hansen will discuss why understanding…

Advanced Care Planning: More than a Form

Advance care planning is more than paperwork—it's a sacred conversation about values, relationships, and what matters most. This presentation describes the importance of advance care planning and documentation and equips the spiritual care provider with tools to assist others in these conversations. Utilizing the Five Wishes framework, this presentation covers: selection and designation of a healthcare…

Politics in the Spiritual Care Encounter

. . . This content is only available to subscribers to the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab.  Most archived webinars are restricted to users at the Innovator level. You can become a Subscriber, or upgrade to Innovator, right here! You may also login if you already have an account.

“Charts don’t matter”: The Future of Religious – Non-religious Dialogue

Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab for a discussion of its recent work, supported by the Louisville Institute, on the promise and potential of greater dialogue between religious and non-religious communities. We’ll discuss what community means, why widely-reported demographic shifts must be considered in context, and what the future might hold for American religion. The working…

The Ethics of AI in Spiritual Care

. . . This content is only available to subscribers to the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab.  Most archived webinars are restricted to users at the Innovator level. You can become a Subscriber, or upgrade to Innovator, right here! You may also login if you already have an account.