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  • Margins

    May 6, 2024

    I have always enjoyed reading books with wide margins. Recently, Lynnett and I attended the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care (CASC). As I have reflected upon the theme: “Making Space for Meaning,” the idea of margins has come to mind. At the opening of each day, there was an acknowledgment that the land on which we were gathered was the occupied/seized territory of Indigenous people. Additionally, we were led into a space of worship by native people and invited to participate in activities that helped us to connect with and appreciate all that the Creator has given.

  • Giving Back

    Apr 27, 2024

    One of the opportunities to support ACPE students offered by the Foundation for ACPE is the Hemenway Scholars Program, named after Joan Hemenway, to honor her contributions to ACPE, spiritual care and education theory and research, as well as countless students and care recipients. As many CPE summer internships do not provide stipends, we offer this scholarship to summer interns to help offset educational debt, housing costs, living expenses, etc. This is one of the many ways, as donors, you give back.

  • Environmental Chaplaincy: The Call is Still Open

    Apr 13, 2024

    In 2008, Rev. Judith Cowles published an essay titled “At the Bedside of Mother Earth: A Call to Eco-chaplaincy” (Cowles, 2008). In 2015, Rabbi Katie Allen wrote “A Call for a New Kind of Chaplain,” urging chaplains practicing in conventional settings to consider becoming eco-chaplains, nature chaplains, earth chaplains, or creation chaplains (Allen, 2015). In 2024, the call is still open.

  • Celebrate AAPI Month and AANHPI Mental Health Day: Looking Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Apr 7, 2024

    Rev. Anton Boisen is known as the father of the clinical pastoral education movement. He was one of the first chaplains in a psychiatric hospital - Worcester State Hospital in 1925. Boisen’s legacy comes out of his life story as one who suffered mental illness. In 1920, six policemen took him to Boston Psychopathic Hospital. Years later, Boisen was to observe that being plunged as a patient into a hospital for the insane may be a tragedy or it may be an opportunity.

  • A Time For Everything

    Apr 1, 2024

    I never need a calendar to tell me that spring is near, my runny eyes and sinus pain, let me know. Although I experience significant discomfort, I look forward to spring every year. Watching stems and leafless bark that appear to be dead transition to blooming flowers and budding trees full of color and life restores my hope and refreshes my soul. I look forward to spring with anticipation and excitement.