It takes a special type of person to comfort, console and counsel people, often strangers, in times of crisis, including illness, trauma and death. It also takes a special type of training, called ...

Folks occasionally ask me how they too might become a hospital chaplain. Some seem to hope I’ll say they need only attend five Monday nights of training in a local church, and they can start making ...

Theresa Platt felt a calling, but never saw herself as a chaplain. “It was not on my radar,” the Grants Pass, Oregon, native said. When asked if he thought he might become a chaplain, McCaskey ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new attention to the work of chaplains. Before the pandemic, as an article in The New York Times put it, the place of the hospital chaplain was “at the bedside, holding a ...

(The Conversation) — Chaplaincy emerged as a professional field in the mid-20th century. In the years since, their roles have evolved and they have also come to include many diverse religious ...