To Mr Jim GREEK, you have indeed mastered this ministry...Being there for people in pain and keeping both feet on the ground (remain human), Romans 12:15. God bless each and everyone of you
Hiring chaplains in public institutions blatantly discriminates against non-Christian. The traditional role of Chaplains has been for the spiritual counselling of Christians. People of other religions or atheists are NOT served by this outdated form of Christian counselling. When a school decides to hire a chaplain, qualified secular councillors are necessarily excluded and clients who prefer qualified secular counselling are left out in the cold. Chaplaincy is a remnant of an archaic past when our grandparents lived in mono-theistic cocoons. It has no place in a modern pluralistic, multi-cultual society of divergent faiths where even atheism is now respected and secular government is regarded as essential to freedom and human rights.
I hear you... However, ideally Chaplains (I was a hospital chaplain for 14 years) ARE NOT just for Christians. I worked with Atheists and Agnostics as well as Christians and Jewish and Indigenous. Chaplains are trained to meet people where they are, too accept them with their spiritual traditions/preferences and support them in drawing on the strengths of their own belief system. Even atheists and agnostics appreciate a listening ear and the opportunity to share about relationships and saying goodbyes. As a chaplain, it is not my role to persuade another to embrace my spiritual beliefs. Mine may not be helpful to them. My role is to support them in finding what nurtures their spirit and what resonates with them at this time.
First of all Loma Linda University and Loma Linda Hospital are Seventh-day Adventist institutions. Second of all chaplains work with people whether they are Christian or a different religion or have no religion. Chaplains serve all people. As it is not “public” in the sense of being run by a city, county or state they can hire based on what criteria they decide as far as education and experience is needed to be considered an eligible chaplain candidate.
@@cynthiawhitedove5121 bless you for the good you've done and the wise words. Considering becoming a chaplain myself. For all people in need, no discrimination.
To Mr Jim GREEK, you have indeed mastered this ministry...Being there for people in pain and keeping both feet on the ground (remain human), Romans 12:15. God bless each and everyone of you
This isn’t a easy job but I’m thankful to all of those who choose this path. God bless.
Moving. Thank you for posting
Hiring chaplains in public institutions blatantly discriminates against non-Christian. The traditional role of Chaplains has been for the spiritual counselling of Christians. People of other religions or atheists are NOT served by this outdated form of Christian counselling. When a school decides to hire a chaplain, qualified secular councillors are necessarily excluded and clients who prefer qualified secular counselling are left out in the cold.
Chaplaincy is a remnant of an archaic past when our grandparents lived in mono-theistic cocoons. It has no place in a modern pluralistic, multi-cultual society of divergent faiths where even atheism is now respected and secular government is regarded as essential to freedom and human rights.
+sweetsweatyfeet Loma Linda is a Protestant Christian based institution, both its university and hospital
A lot of seminaries teach interfaith chaplaincy nowadays. Which includes atheists and agnostics.
I hear you... However, ideally Chaplains (I was a hospital chaplain for 14 years) ARE NOT just for Christians. I worked with Atheists and Agnostics as well as Christians and Jewish and Indigenous. Chaplains are trained to meet people where they are, too accept them with their spiritual traditions/preferences and support them in drawing on the strengths of their own belief system. Even atheists and agnostics appreciate a listening ear and the opportunity to share about relationships and saying goodbyes. As a chaplain, it is not my role to persuade another to embrace my spiritual beliefs. Mine may not be helpful to them. My role is to support them in finding what nurtures their spirit and what resonates with them at this time.
First of all Loma Linda University and Loma Linda Hospital are Seventh-day Adventist institutions. Second of all chaplains work with people whether they are Christian or a different religion or have no religion. Chaplains serve all people. As it is not “public” in the sense of being run by a city, county or state they can hire based on what criteria they decide as far as education and experience is needed to be considered an eligible chaplain candidate.
@@cynthiawhitedove5121 bless you for the good you've done and the wise words. Considering becoming a chaplain myself. For all people in need, no discrimination.