Podcasts about Clinical pastoral education

Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Kornelius Koppel April 17, 2025 I’m not worth it, I messed up my life. I had enough chances. A patient said this to me last year at Mount Sinai Hospital. I was doing my Clinical Pastoral Education, and doing my Chaplaincy rounds on behavioral and Detox Unit. He was alone in his Room and in the darkness. He was not really wanting to talk to me, or to anyone, but i sat on a little […] The post Maundy Thursday appeared first on Wicker Park Lutheran Church.

“God of All Compassion” – Join this chapel time hosted by the CPE students from our two current Clinical Pastoral Education classes and Certified Educators. We will worship in song, scripture and storytelling from our CPE cohorts and our various ministry experiences.

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In this episode, we are joined by The Rev. Christine Vaughan Davies, an ordained Presbyterian Minister, Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, Seminary Professor, and trained Spiritual Director. Christine is a writer, speaker, and educator who brings over two decades of experience as a hospital chaplain, pastoral educator, cognitive behavioral therapist, and healthcare administrator. Her heartfelt work centers on normalizing grief, fostering spiritual growth, and helping people connect with their emotional and spiritual selves. With her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University, Christine's wealth of real-world experience shines through as she speaks about life, loss, and spirituality. Christine currently lives on a small farm in New Jersey, where she enjoys family life, caring for chickens, and supporting her school-aged children's adventures. Join us as Christine shares her powerful insights on grief, spirituality, and the sacredness of everyday moments.   Episode Highlights Grief education and healing Advance care planning Spiritual practices for daily life Hospital chaplain stories Normalizing grief and loss Effective caregiving tips Self-care for caregivers Emotional and spiritual well-being Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Certified Spiritual Director Managing grief and spirituality Cognitive behavioral therapy and spirituality Sacred practices in modern life Seminary professor insights Faith and emotional wellness Living fully in the moment Grief and self-discovery Spiritual growth and reflection How to be a better listener Chaplaincy experiences and lessons Learn more about Christine Vaughan Davies Visit her website  www.christinevdavies.com Newsletter   https://journeyingalongside.substack.com/ Linked In  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-christine-davies/ Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cvdavies/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/christine.davies Did you enjoy today's episode?   Please subscribe and leave a review. If you have questions, comments, or possible show topics, email  susan@tendrilsofgrief.com   Don't forget to visit Tendrils Of Grief  website and join for upcoming Webinars, Podcasts Updates and Group Coaching.   Get involve and share your thoughts and experiences in our online community   Tendrils of Grief-Survivor of Loss   To subscribe and review use one links of the links below  Amazon Apple Spotify Audacy Deezer Podcast Addict Pandora Rephonic Tune In   Connect with me Instagram: @Sue_ways Facebook:@ susan.ways Email @susan@tendrilsofgrief.com   Let me hear your thoughts!  

An exploration of Jewish sacrifice with Chana Silberstein, through the lens of the Akedah. How can we mature in our faith, so that we make choices rooted in a deep safety with G-d? What is the ideal motivator of our lives, a sense of sacrifice or desire? And how do we process the inevitable pitfalls of our carefully chosen paths? Chana Silberstein came to Ithaca in 1984 with her husband to establish a Chabad house for Jewish students and community members. She serves in the role of Education Director at Chabad of Cornell. Chana holds a PhD in Psychology from Cornell University and is certified in Clinical Pastoral Education. When Chana is not busy running the Chabad house, she consults on educational projects for Jewish institutions. You can contact Chana at cs32@cornell.edu. Human & Holy Partners: TOVEEDO: An online children's streaming subscription featuring exclusive Jewish content created and sourced by Toveedo. Use code HH10 for 10% off at Toveedo.com. ZELDA HAIR: A wig company that champions the holistic process of hair covering for Jewish women. Shop Zelda Hair at zeldahairshop.com and discover the heart behind the brand on instagram @zeldahair. We love hearing your feedback! Email us at info@humanandholy.com to get in touch. To sponsor an episode, reach out to us via email or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.humanandholy.com/sponsor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Become a monthly supporter of the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/humanandholy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can find us on instagram @humanandholy and on Youtube, as Human & Holy.

Rabbi Mychal B. Springer is the manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at NY-Presbyterian Hospital. She founded the Center for Pastoral Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in Manhattan in 2009. Over a ten-year period she oversaw an intensive hospice chaplaincy training program in collaboration with Metropolitan Jewish Health System's Hospice. She began her career as a hospital chaplain in New York City, and in the 1990s became the director of the Department of Pastoral Care and Education at Beth Israel Medical Center. Mychal was the first Conservative rabbi to be certified as an Educator by ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education. Mychal served as The Rabbinical School at JTS's associate dean and director of Field Education. Her publications include Sisters in Mourning: Daughters Reflecting on Care, Loss, and Meaning (Cascade Press, 2021) with Dr. Su Yon Pak and “Presence in a Time of Distancing: Spiritual Care in an Acute Care Setting” in Jewish End-of-Life Care in a Virtual Age: Our Traditions Reimagined, Friedman D, Levin D, Raphael SP ed. (Albion Andalus, 2021).Mychal received her BA in Judaic Studies and Religious Studies from Yale College magna cum laude. She was ordained a Conservative rabbi and received her Master's in Judaic Studies and Doctor of Divinity at JTS. Mychal is a certified Jewish chaplain in Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains.In the interview, Rabbi Springer recalls her friend from childhood, Aaron Kushner, and how his tragic illness and death inspired his father, Rabbi Harold Kushner (who died in 2023) to write his best-selling book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Here is Rabbi Ed Bernstein interviewing Rabbi Harold Kushner in 2013.Rabbi Springer makes cameo appearances in two memoirs:”Choosing My Religion: A Memoir of a Family Beyond Belief,” by Stephen Dubner”The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions,” by Jonathan Rosen (Rabbi Springer's husband). Here are links to other resources mentioned by Rabbi Springer: Palestine 1936 by Oren Kessler. Dr. David Senesh interviewed on the Invisible Wound podcast.Haverut: The Healing Arts  led by Rachel Ettun.The solemn prayer Un'tane Tokef that is recited on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur  was the inspiration for Leonard Cohen's “Who By Fire.”    About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC, is the producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives. NeshamaCast contributor Rabbi Katja Vehlow was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and is Director of Jewish Life at Fordham University. She trained as a chaplain at Moses Maimonides Medical Center in New York. Previously, she served as Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of South Carolina. A native German speaker, she is planning a forthcoming German-language podcast on the weekly Torah portion with a focus on pastoral care. Support NeshamaCast and NAJC with a tax deductible donation to NAJC. Transcripts for this episode and other episodes of NeshamaCast are available at NeshamaCast.simplecast.com and are typically posted one week after an episode first airs. Theme Music is “A Niggun For Ki Anu Amecha,” written and performed by Reb-Cantor Lisa Levine. Please help others find the show by rating and reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts or other podcast providers. We welcome comments and suggestions for future programming at NeshamaCast@gmail.com. And be sure to follow NAJC on Facebook to learn more about Jewish spiritual care happening in our communities.

 What is 'clinical pastoral education' (CPE)?  What is the relevance of CPE to local church pastors?  How does CPE link with mission?

What does clinical pastoral education have to offer? What is the learning process in clinical pastoral education? 

https://www.chaplaincyinnovation.org https://www.sankofacpe.org What does it mean to provide spiritual care to people who are unhoused and locally incarcerated? Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab for a conversation with Chaplain Charlotte Cramer, founder of Temple of the Forgotten. Chaplain Cramer provides spiritual care to those who are unhoused and locally incarcerated in Marin County, California. Temple of the Forgotten is a non-denominational spiritual community that equips local organizations to build professional and community-based spiritual care for those living in the institutions of poverty, homelessness and county-level incarceration. We thank Sankofa CPE for their support of this webinar. Accredited by ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education to offer Level I and Level II Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Units, Sankofa offers innovative, unique CPE programming that features online CPE groups, African-centered curriculums, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, along with social justice-oriented and digital ministry clinical site placements. Learn more at sankofacpe.org. Charlotte Cramer is an ordained Interfaith Minister and Chaplain with her Master of Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry, a Certificate in Chaplaincy from The Chaplaincy Institute, and four units of Clinical Pastoral Education from The Shaw Chaplaincy Institute. She works as a street minister with The Street Chaplaincy in San Rafael, Marin County, CA, providing spiritual care for the many unhoused folks currently living in the city. Rev. Charlotte also works in Marin County Jail, providing direct spiritual care to inmates (with a list of at least 10-16 clients) and leads weekly tarot card reading group sessions. Prior to this work, Rev. Charlotte worked in family ministries for a UU congregation, lived in and managed a retreat center in Costa Rica, and lived in a spiritual community in Nevada City, CA. Rev. Charlotte has been studying, both personally and academically, inter-spiritual mystical experience, deep listening, non-ordinary states of consciousness and death/dying for over 5 years. She has a deep passion for spirituality, caring for the human soul, and for her calling as a street minister. Rev. Charlotte lives in San Anselmo, CA, with her little puppy dog, Willie, and spends her free time in nature, practicing jiu jitsu, and going to ecstatic dance.

Today I speak to Rev. Christine Vaughan Davies who runs the hospital chaplaincy department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She is an ordained Presbyterian Minister, a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, a Seminary Professor and a trained Spiritual Director. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University. She lives with her family on a small farm in New Jersey and spends her time chasing chickens and chauffeuring her school-aged children to all their activities. Christine's website is www.christinevdavies.com and you can sign up for her (emailed newsletter) here  https://journeyingalongside.substack.com/Are you prepared to embrace the empowered woman you have become in this new phase of life? Are you ready to gain a deeper understanding of menopause, breast health, and nutrition? Let's embark on a journey to embrace our new life with renewed energy, vitality, and clarity. I'm Dana, and I am here to guide your transformation from feeling frustrated to being fueled by faith, helping you become the Wise Divine Woman that God has destined you to be! Welcome to the Wise Divine Women Sisterhood! My mission is to provide you with valuable education about your health, strengthen your faith, and help you forge new connections for your Spirit, Mind, Body, and Nutrition. Together, we will delve into captivating interviews and explore a wide range of topics that will empower and inspire you. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wisedivinewomen.newzenler.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for joining me here today! If you liked my podcast today, leave a review and share it with your friends, that would mean the world to me! Did you know I coach menopausal women? You can visit my website to learn more. It is simple and I do offer coaching appointments ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danairvine.com/work-with-me/ola/services/soul-session-a-time-of-discovery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In your FREE Soul Session 30-minute consultation with me, we will discuss your challenges and goals concerning your health. This will create a unique signature program to meet your needs.  Dana Irvine  Certified Menopause Coaching SpecialistBreast Health Educator  Holistic Health Coach Certified Clinical Thermographer Thermography Advisor. www.danairvine.com #MenopauseMatters #BreastHealthAwareness #ChristianWomenPodcast #PodcastLife #BrainHealthTips #LibidoBoost #WomenEmpowerment #HealthyLiving #FaithandWellness #MindBodyBalance --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wisedivinewomen/message

Today we are digging into belief, grief, loss, and how to navigate the heavier parts of life as a healthcare professional. Reverend Christine is an experienced hospital chaplain, and joins us to discuss her role as a chaplain, some of the misconceptions around when to use this resource, how nurses can feel empowered in their own role as spiritual care generalists, and how to create a boundary between the weight of our work and our lives at home. Rev. Christine Davies runs the hospital chaplaincy department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She is an ordained Presbyterian Minister, a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, a Seminary Professor and a trained Spiritual Director. Christine earned her Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University. Connect with Christine:https://www.christinevdavies.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-christine-davies/⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️The Ashley O Show community is a space where nurses and caregivers come together to understand that their identity extends beyond the humans that they care for. If that's you, then join us on a mission to change conversations and redefine ideas over on IG @ashleyoshow! As always, message me with any feedback, comments, or questions on Instagram, or shoot me an email at ashleyoshow@gmail.com.

It's Episode 99 and the highlight is Tracy and Elisabeth's interview with Allison Kestenbaum, the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She just got her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification so we dig into the intersection of continuous improvement and Spiritual care–that's a new one for everyone out there. For Hot Apps, we'll cover an app that gives you credit—and we all need credit and recognition. Then we'll cover a book that recently got some credit and the author just happens to be one of the hosts of this podcast—so stay tuned for gold-medal reveal! In the meantime, make yourself some Just-in-time coffee and let's roll! 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - What's on the menu? 2:06 - Hot Apps Credly   TKMG Academy   UC San Diego Extended Studies Lean Six Sigma Portfolio 8:52 - Q&A Gold Award Winner for Best Business Book of 2023 14:49 - Featured Guest Allison Kestenbaum 41:25 - Upcoming Events March Webinar: Game On: Unlocking Lean Innovation through Deliberate Play Resources: "Picture Yourself A Leader"—Winner of the International Impact Book Award for Best Leadership Book New Lean Parody Video, "Baby Got Tools!" Thanks for Listening! Listen to more podcasts at JITCafe.com. Link to the video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/jkk9XjdxzA0 Find us on: - Apple Podcasts - Podbean - Spotify - RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/JITCafe/feed.xml

 Gary A. Buddoo-Fletcher reflects on the effectiveness and benefits of clinical pastoral education (CPE) in his pastoral ministry. 

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In this podcast, the Reverend Jane Jeuland discusses what people with cancer should know about the role of chaplains in cancer care, including how chaplains are trained, the type of support they can provide for people with cancer and their family members and caregivers, and how someone with cancer can ask for spiritual support from their health care team. Ms. Jeuland received her Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. She is an ordained Episcopal priest. She received her chaplaincy training from Yale New Haven Hospital and is a board-certified chaplain. She has served as an oncology chaplain and was the first palliative care chaplain at Yale New Haven Hospital. She has no relevant relationships to disclose.  Jane Jeuland: Hi, my name is Jane Jeuland, and I am the palliative care clinic chaplain at Yale New Haven Hospital. I'm here today to talk a little bit about what I do at Yale New Haven Hospital, and also, what is a chaplain? What is it that we offer and provide? How are we trained? And some other questions that people have for us as chaplains. So I'll start by just describing a little bit about what I do at Yale New Haven Hospital in my role. In addition to seeing patients in our clinic, I visit with patients one-on-one through video platforms, phone, and I also visit with patients in person for scheduled appointments. And in those appointments, we get to know each other, we build a rapport and a relationship. And I help people process how they make meaning, find purpose and belonging in their lives, and how that is impacting their cancer care, but also how their cancer is really impacting their meaning, purpose, and belonging. In addition to those individual meetings, I also visit with patients in group settings. I host several groups over Zoom where patients get to talk to one another and share deeply and support each other. And last but certainly not least, I also have started a podcast with my patients called In the Midst of It All, which you can find on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And in that podcast, patients share their stories that they've written about their lives, about their cancer journey, and about their spirituality, and how that has helped them through all that they're going through. So, how do chaplains get trained? I think this is one thing that people ask me quite a bit. What is your training like? Our training is pretty extensive. We need to have a 3-year Master's degree, typically a degree of divinity. And then after that, we have a year of training called Clinical Pastoral Education, CPE for short. And in that year of training, we are with a cohort of about 4 to 5 other chaplains in training. And we are supervised by a highly trained supervisor as well who has quite an extensive and long process to get certified to do that. And what our supervisors do is they help us really go out, visit with patients, and then reflect on those visits. We do things called “verbatims.” So what is a verbatim? When we write up a verbatim, we're writing up word for word an interaction that we have with a patient. And obviously, we will keep the patient confidential. But we do this with our group and with our supervisor to really kind of drill down and see where are the places that we are inserting ourselves, our own beliefs, our own needs, and how can we really better meet the patient where they are? We talk a lot about positive use of self so that we become really aware of our own self in the midst of our interaction with patients. And over the course of the year, we really learn how to focus on the patient's spirituality, their beliefs, their values, what they need in that moment. And we're all about helping people discover their spirituality and their faith. I think sometimes a lot of people think that we might be coming in to convert someone or to make them believe a certain belief system or a certain religion. But actually, we're really here to help any patient and caregiver really figure out what it is that they believe, and how that's impacting their cancer care or how their cancer is impacting their beliefs. So that means that we do visit with people of all different faiths. We visit with people who are atheists and agnostic as well. And really, again, just try to help people discover, what is that value that you have? What are your beliefs? Where do you find meaning, purpose, and belonging? And so what are some things that come up as we meet with patients? I, again, work in palliative care in the clinic settings. I'm outpatient. But a lot of chaplains work inpatient in a variety of settings. And so you'll have chaplains in a medical intensive care unit (ICU), or you'll have a chaplain in an infusion suite or on a floor as well. And so we see patients at all different stages. We see patients who are just newly diagnosed and have a cancer that's highly treatable. We see patients who are doing really, really well on their treatments. And we also see patients who are starting to kind of struggle with lots of symptoms, pain through sometimes months or years of cancer treatments. And then on the other end of this spectrum, we see patients who are very advanced in their cancer, have a terminal diagnosis, and we really see them through all that that entails, the outpatient visits as well as the inpatient, and even as someone comes to the end of their lives. And so what can come up in our meetings as I meet with patients? When someone's diagnosed with a terminal diagnosis, there is a lot of discussion about fear of dying, what happens in the process of dying, and then also, of course, what happens after we die? What is there after we die? Is there anything after we die? Or what is the afterlife like? And so often, again, I try to help people really reflect on what they may think the afterlife is like, if there is one. And then we have rich discussions around that. For kind of that big question of what happens as we're dying, that's when I like to pull in other members of the team. But certainly, chaplains can help process that as well. We also really do help people articulate their thoughts about the divine and whatever name they give to the divine. And often, what I hear in my appointments is not so much, “Is the divine as God giving me this cancer?” but, “Why would God allow it?” So as I talk with folks, folks will say, "I really believe in a loving God and a God that heals and a God that helps us. Why would a God like that allow me to have this cancer? Why would God allow my loved one to have this cancer and for their lives to be taken far, far too soon?" And for that, it's a tricky one. We, as chaplains, don't have a pill that we can give you and send you home and say, "OK, here's your prescription. Take that, and you'll get all the answers to why would God allow this?" So it's really a process of talking through this. It's a process of kind of discovering a little bit more about what we believe God is, what the patient believes about God, and God's character in the midst of it all. And it's also just sitting in the mystery of it that we don't know. We don't know why a loving God would allow this, why a God that heals would heal some people and not others, why a God who heals would heal at this point in your life, and then not at a different point in your life, and why this happens at all. And so chaplains don't rush quick to give advice. We allow sitting in that grief, in that suffering, in the sorrow. But then again, as we talk about who is God for this person, I also like to help people see, OK, if God isn't healing right now, if we can't understand why God is allowing this to happen, where is God in the midst of it? And this is what I love about my job so much is that I hear from such a variety of faiths and people of different values and spiritualities, how they do see the divine working in their lives. And so for some, "I have a lot of pain, but I know that God is with me, and I don't feel alone in this." Or, "I was feeling grief and loss over a loved one and wondering what my afterlife's going to be like as I face the end of my life and I was having this turmoil. And all of a sudden, I felt this deep, deep, deep peace wash over me. And I feel like that might be God." Or for someone who maybe doesn't have a particular religion, they may say, "I know that the love of my family and friends is so powerful. It's helping me through this. It's getting me through the dark times. And I know that that is what holds us together. And it's more than just what we can see and taste and feel, that that love is something greater and bigger." So it's really rich conversations like that that I get to have. I think also some other topics that come up is cancer is grueling. Cancer, it can be long. And there are things, people talk about scan anxiety. Of course, the side effects and physical pain. I hear a lot about insurance and how that's just so difficult and such a struggle to get on the phone, talk about insurance when time is so precious and so short. And for others who are healing from cancer, it sometimes is a lot of conversation about, "Well, how do I get back to life? And I used to do this amazing job, but I don't think that I can do that anymore. I don't have the stamina. I don't know how I would be able to do that job." And so I help people process that a lot. And again, that goes back to how do we find purpose in life, that meaning, purpose, belonging. And a lot of us find our purpose in work, in what we do. And so chaplains can help people through topics like that as well. And for survivors, we're always so happy in our palliative care clinic to help people heal. A lot of people think palliative care is just end of life. It is not. I have a lot of survivors I meet with, and they'll talk about kind of always looking over their shoulder. Is it going to come back? And finding a way to give back and to help other patients. And that is something I really love helping people with is, how do we give back? What are some ways to help others after I've had cancer? How can I help people? And so I have to say, I've been really, really privileged in my work as I meet with patients and individually in groups and help them write their stories and read their stories and interview on the podcast. I've just been so, so struck by all of the beauty, the resilience, the strength that I hear, the really depth and the richness of people's spirituality as they go through cancer care and really do some hard work to unpack and process all that's going on. And some of the common themes that I've heard is people will talk about how cancer has completely changed their perspective. And so people will talk about how before they had cancer, they were focused on their wonderful job, but also the pay and making sure they get ahead and can have stuff, that newest car or that bigger home. And when they have come through cancer and all that that entails, they start to think, "Gosh, you know what? I like those things, but what's much more important is the people that are right in front of me. It's the things that are free. It's time. It's talking with a loved one. It's really sharing deeply what's on your heart and mind, knowing that time is precious." And so I really am so struck by some of the things that people will share with me about their loved ones, their caregivers. If you are a caregiver, you know that you are loved, and that everything you're doing is really helpful and so, so appreciated, and that the time that you spend together and the things that you're able to share is so important. It doesn't have to be a big trip or people think about bucket list things, and it doesn't have to be all that. It's sometimes just that conversation over coffee or as you're going to sleep at night, those words that are shared are so important. And so people's perspectives, I think, really do shift and change and deepen. And people also find God in the midst of everything that they're going through. I had a patient who heard stories on the podcast and said, "I really want to write my own." So we worked together. And we talked a lot about her faith, and she wasn't really sure what to believe. She had had a hard time growing up in terms of her spirituality. And through her writing, and also through her cancer journey, she was able to really articulate her sense of God as a loving companion to give her peace, not one that's punishing, but a God that's loving. And now, as she comes to the end of her life, she's really finding a great more deal of peace, thinking about God and knowing that God is with her. I think as I share stories like these, though, I'm always so mindful, too, that I think in our culture, we think a lot about things being 5 easy steps. You can do this, and you can get better, and you can find insight and meaning in 5 easy steps. And it's really not that. It's really a process. And so as you hear stories from other cancer patients who may be in that place of peace and accepting and belonging and you're not there, also know that they were not there at a certain point and that it is a process, and it does take time. And so, again, that's what chaplains are really here for. We're here to help unpack a lot of that, to help people process that. And so you might be actually wondering, "You know what? I am going through a lot of cancer care here where I am, and I really would actually like to talk to a chaplain. How do I do that?" So the best way is to simply ask for a chaplain. We're most often called chaplains, but sometimes we're called spiritual counselors, spiritual care providers. So maybe a different term where you're located. But you can ask a nurse, your oncologist, anyone on the team, your social worker, to contact a chaplain. There are different levels of care in different settings. So you may have a chaplain in an outpatient setting, but maybe not. And so most likely, most hospitals have inpatient chaplains. If you are outpatient, though, and you really want to talk to a chaplain, I still encourage you to ask for one. And in that case, call the spiritual care or chaplaincy department directly, and you should be able to do that through your information line in your hospital. But in the hospital, for the most part, the hospitals have inpatient chaplains. Many have 24/7 on-call chaplains. And so always don't hesitate to ask the nurse, and we're happy to come by. We also do provide support for families. And so this is something that we do quite often, especially in the inpatient setting, in an ICU setting, at those times when decisions are being made. What should we do? What we often call in our hospital setting “goals of care” conversations. What is the goal of care here? Are we going to continue with aggressive interventions? Are we going to start to move to aggressive comfort care? And so chaplains help talk through that as well. So you can always call or ask for a chaplain when you're inpatient, certainly when those decisions are being made. And we're there for you as a patient, but again, we're also there for your caregivers, your loved ones. And in those settings, we're often meeting with families sometimes outside of the room even. And we help your loved ones process as well. Just like I've mentioned, all the other things that I help patients process, we also help caregivers with a lot of those topics. In addition, of course, for a caregiver, we sit with them in the pain and the suffering and the loss and the anxiety, and talk through their ways that they find meaning, purpose, and belonging, and how they're processing all that's going on with their loved one, who's the patient. I've heard from more than one patient that they say, "I feel like as hard as cancer is, it's easier on me than it is on my loved one. I hate to see what they're going through. I sometimes feel like a burden." But whenever I talk to a caregiver about that, they always say, "Absolutely not. You're not a burden. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world." If they're sitting there in the ICU, long hours, surviving on coffee, very little sleep, lots of interruptions, sleeping in a chair beside your bed. Every single time, those caregivers will say, "I would not want to be anywhere else in the world. I want to be here. This is what I want to be doing." If you're the patient, feeling like a burden, know that more often than not, your loved one is really wanting to do what they're doing. But caregiver burnout is real, too, especially if your care is going on for a long, long time. And so chaplains can help caregivers process that burden. And we also work with the team, sometimes social workers and others to find support systems so that if they need help, so that they can just have a moment to themselves, go for a walk, that we can help them think about resources that may be their faith community, their church, their synagogue, their mosque, their faith community can come and help give that relief or that respite for them, but also other resources in the hospital. So you may have an integrative medicine component. So I hope that you've been able to learn a little bit more about chaplains, about how we're trained, about what we typically hear from patients, and what we can provide support around. How we also support caregivers. We are inpatient, we are outpatient, we are 24/7 most often, and how you can get in touch with a chaplain. I really encourage you to reach out to a chaplain. We're always happy to help. It's what we're here to do. So thank you so much for having me on the podcast today. It was really a delight to be here. And I hope you have peace. I hope that you find strength, meaning, purpose, and belonging in the midst of it all. ASCO: Thank you, Ms. Jeuland. Learn more about the role of chaplains at www.cancer.net/palliative. Cancer.Net Podcasts feature trusted, timely, and compassionate information for people with cancer, survivors, and their families and loved ones. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts for expert information and tips on coping with cancer, recaps of the latest research advances, and thoughtful discussions on cancer care. And check out other ASCO Podcasts to hear the latest interviews and insights from thought leaders, innovators, experts, and pioneers in oncology. Cancer.Net is supported by Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, which funds lifesaving research for every type of cancer, helping people with cancer everywhere. To help fund Cancer.Net and programs like it, donate at CONQUER.ORG/Donate.

Bea and Uranio interviewed Trent Thornley, a Self-Preservation Six, to find out what helped him in his growth journey and to learn about how he experiences his Enneagram type and subtype. He talks about how he came to the Enneagram. He discussed how the Enneagram gave him Ah ha moments as well as uh oh moments. Trent discussed that all nine types have needs, it's just that there is an over-functioning or over-dependency on the needs of each Enneagram type. He shared there is a false sense of security in the act of doubting. There is an unconscious idea that constant doubting will bring the Self-Preservation Six to a conclusion that will bring the truth of the matter and more importantly, security. How does he work through this false idea? This is a powerful interview with many insights for those who are Self-Preservation Six subtypes or have Self-Preservation Six subtypes in their lives. Trent served as President of the International Enneagram Association in 2022 and 2023. He is the Executive Director and Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at the San Francisco Night Ministry and an ordained Buddhist Dharma Leader in the Nyingma lineage. Trent is also an ordained minister in the Metropolitan Community Churches, a progressive Christian denomination with an outreach to the LGBTQ+ community. To learn more about his ministry, visit https://sfnightministry.org/ Join a community of Enneagram enthusiasts and participate in live monthly webinars and Q&As with Bea and Uranio. Sign up for a FREE trial of CP Online membership at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://learn.cpenneagram.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to discover which Enneagram type you could be, visit our webpage ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cpenneagram.com/compass⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn about the Enneagram test they launched, CPS Enneagram Compass. Please subscribe and share this podcast with others. It will help us out a lot! Check out our Calendar of Events ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cpenneagram.com/live-courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to study with Bea and Uranio directly! And follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cpenneagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Questions? ⁠hello@cpenneagram.com⁠

About Our GuestAllison Kestenbaum, BCC, ACPE, is the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health.  She is a Board Certified Chaplain (NAJC and APC) with Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care. She is also a Certified Pastoral Educator (ACPE).   Allison conducts research about spiritual palliative care and education and is founding faculty at SpiritualAIM.org.  She has worked at UC San Francisco Health,  Jewish Theological Seminary and UJA-Federation of New York.   She was the first chaplain to receive a Sojourns Scholar Award for palliative care leaders. Her two kids bring her daily joy, challenge and keep her on her toes. Here are links to websites and articles referenced in interview: PubMedSpiritual AIMLife's DoorBased in Israel and the U.S., Life's Door engages health care professionals, patients, elderly, family members, caregivers, clergy, community members, lay leaders, and policy makers to promote hopefulness, wellbeing, dignity, and compassion within healthcare, social service and community settings.NAJC articles and resourcesKestenbaum A, McEniry KA, Friedman S, Kent J, Ma JD, Roeland EJ. Spiritual AIM: assessment and documentation of spiritual needs in patients with cancer. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):566-577. doi: 10.1080/08854726.2021.2008170. Epub 2021 Dec 5. PMID: 34866556.Kestenbaum A, Shields M, James J, Hocker W, Morgan S, Karve S, Rabow MW, Dunn LB. What Impact Do Chaplains Have? A Pilot Study of Spiritual AIM for Advanced Cancer Patients in Outpatient Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Nov;54(5):707-714. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.027. Epub 2017 Jul 21. PMID: 28736103; PMCID: PMC5650916.Kestenbaum A, Fleischman CA, Dabis M, Birnbaum B, Dunn LB. Examination of Spiritual Needs in Hurricane Sandy Disaster Recovery Through Clinical Pastoral Education Verbatims. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2018 Mar;72(1):8-21. doi: 10.1177/1542305017748663. PMID: 29623794.NeshamaCast is starting to produce transcripts of our episodes. Here is a transcript of Episode 1 with Rabbi Joe Ozarowski, BCC.Here is a transcript to our Bonus Episode with Rabbi Valerie Stessin, BCC, of Israel. Here is a transcript of Episode 2 with Rabbi Shira Stern.Check NeshamaCast Home Page for more transcripts as they become available.  About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, PBCC, is the producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives.

Throwback Episode: My crisis with Jewish Education and Women's Roles: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-franciska-show/id1316933734?i=1000604090284https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-franciska-show/id1316933734?i=1000604090284   About Our Guest: Rabbanit Hadas (Dasi) Fruchter is the founder and spiritual leader of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, a new and inclusive Modern Orthodox community in South Philadelphia. Rabbanit Fruchter also holds the position of Halachic Advisor for Niddah and Women's Health at Beth Sholom Congregation. She has served as an Assistant Spiritual Leader at Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac, MD, the largest Modern Orthodox Congregation in the Washington Metropolitan area.Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, Rabbanit Fruchter was ordained by Maharat in June of 2016 upon completion of the Maharat Semikha Program combining a mastery of the texts of Orthodox Jewish law with pastoral education. She graduated summa cum laude from the Macaulay Honors College at Queens College, and completed an M.P.A. in Non-Profit Administration and an M.A. in Jewish Studies from New York University's Wagner School of Public Service. She is a Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidson Scholar and was the Program Director at ImmerseNYC, New York's only community mikvah project, in addition to teaching brides and grooms before their weddings. She completed a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale and was trained in community organizing through the Jewish Organizing Institute and Network (JOIN) Seminary Leadership Project.   Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com Message Franciska to join the Whatsapp Discussion Group - franciskakay@gmail.com. Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network.  

Summary In her sermon, Rev. Claire Megles shares her personal journey as a seminary graduate, recounting her experiences of undergoing Clinical Pastoral Education to transition from a teacher to a compassionate listener. Her narration encompasses her struggle to establish trust during hospice assessments amid COVID-19 protocols and a moving anecdote about a man named Jerry, […]

Cultural issues, immigrant status, and religion inform all of us.  Join host Andy Dean, LCSW, and Jawad Bayat, Associate Director for Clinical Pastoral Education at Penn Medicine Princeton Health, as they discuss mental health in the Muslim community, the hopeful view of all illness in the Koran/Quran, and ways to avoid “spiritual bypassing” for both the therapist and the person seeking help.   For more information on Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health: Princeton House Behavioral Health (princetonhcs.org)   Follow us on Facebook! facebook.com/princetonhousebh

This week we are examining the many ways that spirituality and mental health overlap.  Andy and guest Imam Jawad Bayat discuss the importance of relationships, mindfulness and self-talk and how they affect mental health as well as spirituality.  Jawad works with the staff and clients of Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health in his role as Certified Educator and Associate Director for Clinical Pastoral Education.   For more information on Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health: Princeton House Behavioral Health (princetonhcs.org)   Follow us on Facebook! facebook.com/princetonhousebh

In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Rabbi Mychal B Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York Presbyterian Hospital and co-editor of Sisters in Mourning, to discuss the boundaries between parents and children, about letting go … Read the rest The post Good Jewish Lover – Episode #6 – Parents and Children, with Rabbi Mychal B Springer first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Good Jewish Lover – Episode #6 – Parents and Children, with Rabbi Mychal B Springer at Elmad Online Learning.

Join John, Sarah, and Zach as they continue to discuss the stories that have had an impact in their lives. This week, Sarah shares a powerful experience from her time in CPE, or Clinical Pastoral Education.

PASTOR ELLEN:  I did my Clinical Pastoral Education at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.  And, I vividly remember one of my patients, a dear, elderly Episcopalian man who was dying. This man deeply touched my heart. I will never forget the day I read him today's story from Luke's gospel. After I finished reading, he said to me, “There's always an Emmaus.” The next day, my friend died, but I shall always remember what he said in response to that story. There is always an Emmaus. Biblical archeologists tell us that the exact location of the village of Emmaus is unknown. There are at least nine possible locations that are candidates for the small biblical town, but historians tell us there is no record of any village called Emmaus in any other ancient source. We simply do not know where Emmaus might have been. Tradition tells us that it might have been a place just a few hours walk from Jerusalem. However, New Testament scholars, Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, suggest that Emmaus is nowhere. Emmaus is nowhere precisely because Emmaus is everywhere. Every one of us has at one time, or indeed for some of us, many times, traveled along the road to Emmaus. Many of us travel that road as Cleopas and his friend did, trying to understand what has happened or is happening, trying to understand as our hearts burn within us.  We travel the road while experiencing confusion, bewilderment, brokenness, pain, grief, and great challenge. And we often think we are alone, only to find out later that the risen Christ has been walking along with us the whole time.  As the community of Christ gathers around those who are hurting and asking questions, the hurting are comforted by the presence of the risen Lord Jesus and they find hope. Yes, there is always an Emmaus.   READER # 2:  Yes, there is always an Emmaus.  Today, the entire global community is traveling the road to Emmaus as we face the brokenness and pain that is taking place because of climate change.  The entire creation is groaning in pain, and we carry a hunger that burns within us as we want to better understand and face this growing reality. Yesterday we celebrated Earth Day. Today we continue to celebrate this planet on which we live, and we celebrate the risen universal Christ's presence to us in all of creation. For the past 53 years the world has set aside April 22nd to think about the gift we have been given in this home we call mother earth. Earth Day almost always falls during our liturgical season of Easter. So, it is fitting that, as we celebrate the resurrected Jesus, we celebrate Earth Day. Throughout the Easter season we are reminded that we celebrate the one who was born so that we can know God's presence in our world and in our flesh. We celebrate the one who was born so that we can know this God who suffered and continues to suffer the burdens and sorrows and pains of our world, even the pains of this suffering creation. Easter is about new life and the risen Christ bringing forth new life. And that is not simply some kind of disembodied life that only awaits us in some future consummation. It is the first fruits, the seed that rises as a green blade to bear fruit. In the northern hemisphere where we live, Easter arrives with the signs and symbols of spring, the flowers, and the songs of returning birds. As we pay attention to these signs and symbols, this focus can become one of the ways in which we discover the risen Christ among us. We discover we are deeply and inextricably connected to creation and re-creation, to our Creator and this Earth.   READER # 3:  Yes, there is always an Emmaus.  Learning the truth about this earth means facing reality and facing facts and truth so that we can then work for change. The ELCA has had a focus on caring for creation since our denomination was formed. And, as we mark 53 years of this Earth Day celebration, we also look ahead. We look to the seven short remaining years before it will be too late to stop a 2° Celsius temperature rise for our planet. Just think about a few of these facts: 19 of the 20 hottest years ever have occurred since 2001. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and severe. Food and water supplies are at risk. Oceans are at risk. Human health is at risk.   In a time of climate crisis, disasters of Biblical scale are impacting our communities and the places we love. Today, just like in the Bible, floods and famines show us a deep truth about human life: that our lives are intimately dependent on the land. In our sacred scriptures, we read the stories of creatures made from the soil, whose lives are sustained—physically and spiritually—by the fruits of the land. In these stories, we see how, in the midst of disaster, the land can be fertile ground to sustain ourselves. We also learn that we must take prophetic action and work for justice. We know that a commitment to address climate change needs to happen now. We know that it takes all people across the globe, people of all religions and backgrounds, to work together to adapt, to mitigate what is coming, and provide the necessary change that is urgent. Over 97% of climate scientists in this world have been warning us and telling us what we need to do now. And, in fact, some of them are members of this Faith community. They are prophets in our time. If we truly care for our neighbor, we need to listen to the deep truth of their message and respond appropriately. For people of faith, this response is something that is rooted in our faith, and it is all about living out our love for our neighbors.   READER # 4:  Yes, there is always an Emmaus. As we journey through these critical years, we need to face the reality of climate change and what lies before us. We need to understand that the disruptions we now face, the extreme weather events that are becoming part of our experience, are only a foretaste of the disruption we will likely face if the world does not address the issue of climate change. Most scientists agree that addressing climate change is THE most important task for humanity. But there is hope!  As Christians, we name “love” as an act of ultimate importance. The love we proclaim and live is a love that includes addressing climate change and caring for this planet!  The impending impacts are so catastrophic, and our window of time is getting short. As people created by God and placed in relationship with all of creation, all the threatened creatures, from the most vulnerable human populations to species endangered by extinction and ecosystems moving toward collapse, there is so much at stake. Rooted in scripture, and our understanding of the risen Christ, we can draw on all that Jesus did and taught in the context of our beautiful, life-giving, and threatened world. Resurrection takes place in bodies and is encountered in and through bodies. And the encounters are not limited to human bodies but to other forms of life and matter around us. Our Emmaus journey can help us see more clearly that we are enmeshed in the communion of the planet and cosmos. We can allow our hearts to burn within us as we, too, walk with the Risen One and have our eyes opened to our deep connectedness to this earth.  We can have our eyes opened to recognize and discern, through words and conversations with scientists, by actions of gratitude, and even in the simple but sacred ritual of breaking and sharing bread.   READER # 5:  Yes, there is always an Emmaus. At the heart of the Emmaus story is an urging towards a deeper faith: to recognize and discern, not just to see. Like Cleopas and his companion, we need to open our eyes to what is before us. As ecological readers of today's gospel, this means being attentive to the material, to matter itself as we look at this world. It means to be eyewitnesses to everything we see around us, and to grow and mature in our understanding so that we recognize the relationships that form our Earth community. As we learn and grow and work for change, we are on the road to Emmaus. And as Pastor John Schleicher says, “May we, like Cleopas and the other disciple, recognize our risen Lord even now when we invite one another, friend or stranger, to stay with us awhile, have supper with us, and find in our time together unexpected hope and promise of a whole world rising from death.” Yes, there is always an Emmaus.  

The Field Guide for Aspiring Chaplains series is intended to offer a basic introduction to the profession of chaplaincy, from education and training through to practice. Each session includes an in-depth conversation with spiritual care practitioners on topics of key importance to those considering careers in chaplaincy; there are also opportunities for small-group discussion afterward (not recorded). You can view recordings from previous sessions below. Those interested in our Field Guide series should also download our free eBook Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Care, now available here. This session offers an overview of the fundamentals of CPE, addressing such issues as: -What is clinical pastoral education (CPE)? -Why is it important for chaplains to complete CPE? -How can I identify a CPE program for me? -What is the process for applying to a CPE program? We are joined by: Danielle Buhuor, Founder and Director, Sankofa CPE Mychal Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Show notes: Episode 38 Interview with Sue Dawson, Chaplain In this episode I chat with a very special guest, Sue Dawson, who is a chaplain working in a retirement village and residential care facility, and a facilitator of the Wellness Adventure program. After starting her career as a registered nurse, Sue worked as a midwife, before moving into a ministry role as a pastor. Learning was always a passion and this led her to complete a Clinical Pastoral Education course, which opened the door for her to move into a career as a chaplain. After considering a few different pathways, including sports and hospital chaplaincy, she settled on aged care. Sue loves working with older people and has never looked back! Today, Sue works with staff, residents and families within a retirement home and aged care facility. In contrast to a minister who works solely within their congregation, as a chaplain, Sue helps people from all walks of life within her retirement village and residential care facility with their spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Sue is uniquely positioned to help those transitioning from the retirement village into aged care, as well as support their partners who remain in the village, providing a sense of continuity in this time of change. Her early career also gives her an insight into the clinical side, which is beneficial when working with and supporting the RNs within the residential aged care facility. While she thoroughly enjoys the positives of her role, in the last few years the COVID pandemic has proved challenging in many ways. Navigating lockdowns and forced closures has been difficult, and when family members are unable to visit, residents feel isolated and lonely. On top of this, wearing masks all the time is challenging for those with hearing or cognitive difficulties, as they lose essential elements of communication with others. Despite the challenges of the times, Sue has been successfully running our Wellness Adventure program in both the residential care facility and retirement village where she is chaplain, and has had an amazing response. Getting small groups of residents together to share their stories and talk about wellness has been wonderful for all who attend, building a real sense of connection with others. For residential care participants, it is a special event, with invitations sent, tea, coffee and cake served and participant sheets beautifully presented in a folder. Sue finds the ice breakers are a great way to get everyone talking, creating a sense of belonging and connection between residents that is really special to see. In residential care COVID caused a few interruptions, but overall the program has continued on throughout. As a facilitator, Sue loves that the Wellness Adventure program is well-written and resourced, making it easy to plan, deliver and adapt as required. She also loves how much participants learn about each other, and themselves, through sharing. In one retirement village group, some residents who were feeling quite anxious about things received fantastic support from the group, and learned the about importance of reaching out for help. One resident in particular was very depressed at the time, but after connecting with his GP and a psychologist, he is now thriving. Sue and I both agree that the wonderful thing about facilitating the Wellness Adventure program to a group is that you can have a lot more impact than you can through one to one sessions due to time constraints. We finished the interview with some general questions about the best and worst parts of aging, spending a day with someone you admire, and the key elements of living a fulfilled and happy life. Sue's answers are insightful and beautiful, so tune in to find out. In this episode you will learn: The role of a chaplain in aged care and retirement villages How the impact of COVID is felt within aged care The key benefits of our Wellness Adventure program The importance of building connections between older people Sue's tips on living a fulfilled and happy life. Links: Beyond the Reluctant Move book 5 Facts About Me Worksheet Wise Care workshops

Adam James has been a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri, Adam attended St.Paul's Episcopal Day School and Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. Adam attended Park University with an emphasis on public relations and broadcasting but reprioritized his career path after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.Adam began the Kansas City Fire Academy in July of 2003, following his father's footsteps to become a Kansas City Fire Fighter. While training at the academy, Adam suffered a serious injury, resulting in a shortened career after spinal fusion surgery in 2016. During his time with the Kansas City Fire Department, he served as a Business Agent for IAFF Local 42,coordinating communications with local and national media outlets for the union's leadership. After entering into early retirement, Adam found himself lost and disconnected from the firefighter brotherhood. This period of reflection and discernment allowed for Adam to reconnect with his faith and realize God's calling for him to live out servanthood as a deacon in the Episcopal Church. In 2020, Adam entered Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in Topeka, Kansas, as a postulant for Holy Orders to the Diaconate. During the summer of 2021, while completing numerous requirements for ordination, Adam was admitted to Saint Luke's Health System's Clinical Pastoral Education program as a chaplain intern. Spending 100 clinical hours achieving Level I CPE certification, Adam found himself called back to his firefighter experience many times in several intense occurrences with people in crisis. Among the many patients in need, Adam provided care to several front-line workers in a clinical ministerial setting. As Adam completes his final year of seminary, he has experienced God's calling to engage his future diaconal ministry by developing awareness and ministry programs for first responder spiritual wellness, specifically firefighters, both active and retired. The Rev. Adam James, Deacon Hybrid Ministry Coordinator dcnadam@standrewkc.org 816-352-2742 National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 thewashdownpodcast@gmail.com #Neveralonealwaysforward

Adam James has been a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri, Adam attended St.Paul's Episcopal Day School and Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. Adam attended Park University with an emphasis on public relations and broadcasting but reprioritized his career path after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.Adam began the Kansas City Fire Academy in July of 2003, following his father's footsteps to become a Kansas City Fire Fighter. While training at the academy, Adam suffered a serious injury, resulting in a shortened career after spinal fusion surgery in 2016. During his time with the Kansas City Fire Department, he served as a Business Agent for IAFF Local 42,coordinating communications with local and national media outlets for the union's leadership. After entering into early retirement, Adam found himself lost and disconnected from the firefighter brotherhood. This period of reflection and discernment allowed for Adam to reconnect with his faith and realize God's calling for him to live out servanthood as a deacon in the Episcopal Church. In 2020, Adam entered Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in Topeka, Kansas, as a postulant for Holy Orders to the Diaconate. During the summer of 2021, while completing numerous requirements for ordination, Adam was admitted to Saint Luke's Health System's Clinical Pastoral Education program as a chaplain intern. Spending 100 clinical hours achieving Level I CPE certification, Adam found himself called back to his firefighter experience many times in several intense occurrences with people in crisis. Among the many patients in need, Adam provided care to several front-line workers in a clinical ministerial setting. As Adam completes his final year of seminary, he has experienced God's calling to engage his future diaconal ministry by developing awareness and ministry programs for first responder spiritual wellness, specifically firefighters, both active and retired. The Rev. Adam James, Deacon Hybrid Ministry Coordinator dcnadam@standrewkc.org 816-352-2742 National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 thewashdownpodcast@gmail.com #Neveralonealwaysforward

On Episode Twenty of Mindful Warrior Radio, I am joined by Amani Legagneur. Amani brings her experience from a decade-long career as System Manager of Spiritual Health and Education in one of the nation's largest community hospital conglomerates. Amani is a specialized spiritual leader who has completed the gold standard program of Clinical Pastoral Education and is a performance and culture design coach at Mindful Warrior. She brings her expertise in areas such as crisis response, conflict resolution, education theory, interpersonal neuroscience, intercultural relations, spiritual care, and multi-faith theological studies to her work. Amani brings a beautiful grounding and insightful presence that has you leaning on her every word.In this episode, she and I discuss a range of topics: what it means to be a chaplain; how she defines faith and spirituality; the role faith plays in high-stakes environments when you're flooded with fear; how faith plays a role in performance excellence; the practice of staying connected to your Truth during challenging times; how to let go under pressure; the difference between self-care and self-compassion; the use of boundaries, rest, and recovery; and the importance of a mind, body, spirit balance.Mindful Warrior is hosted by Kami Craig, a former elite athlete, Olympic champion, and performance and culture design coach at Mindful Warrior.Our guest on Episode Twenty of Mindful Warrior Radio is Amani Legagneur whose decade-long career as System Manager of Spiritual Health and Education is a specialized spiritual leader. She has completed the gold standard program of Clinical Pastoral Education and is a performance and culture design coach at Mindful Warrior.Amani shares her definition of faith: “I think faith is something that is ultimately ineffable, but if you have it, you know it and you feel it. Everyone on a human journey who is cognitively able to tries to make meaning of their existential experiences. Faith is your ‘Ultimate Concern.' It's the thing that matters most to you.”Amani reflects on the power of love within faith: “I think there is a certain resilience to believing that love wins. I think there is an incredible energy and emboldening sense of well-being that happens when you believe not only that there is something beyond you, but that there is something beyond you that is loving and that there is a source that cares about the details of your life.”To learn more about Amani Legagneur's life story, you may enjoy reading Healing Touch written by Laurie Enyon for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.If you enjoyed today's episode, please take the opportunity to share with a friend, follow Mindful Warrior Radio, and leave a review!To learn more about Mindful Warrior and Mindful Warrior Radio please follow us on Instagram @therealmindfulwarrior and check out our website at www.mindfulwarrior.com

As Brett continues to study for his Masters degree in Social Work, he and Father Dave discuss his experience with hands-on training through internships. Brett is completing different levels of supervised hours for this career path, and wonders what experiences are similar for seminarians as they study to become a priest.

Join us as we launch Professor Wendy Cadge‘s new book Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains, an exploration of the past, present, and future of chaplain work and published by Oxford University Press. Professor Cadge is Founder and Director of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, as well as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Members of the Lab community can use the code AAFLYG6 for a 30% discount on orders. From the publisher: Chaplains are America's hidden religious leaders. Required in the military, federal prisons, and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, chaplains also work in two-thirds of hospitals, most hospices, many institutions of higher education, and a growing range of other settings. The chaplains of the U.S. House and Senate regularly engage with national leaders through public prayer and private conversation.Chaplains have been present at national protests, including the racial justice protests that took place across the country in 2020. A national survey conducted in the United States in 2019 found that 21% of the Americans public had contact with a chaplain in the prior two years. Contact with chaplains likely increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, which thrust chaplains into the spotlight, as they cared for patients, family members, and exhausted and traumatized medical staff fighting the pandemic in real time.Wendy Cadge steps back to ask who chaplains are, what they do across the United States, how that work is connected to the settings where they do it, and how they have responded to and helped to shape contemporary shifts in the American religious landscape. She focuses on Boston as a case study to show how chaplains have been, and remain, an important part of institutional religious ecologies, both locally and nationally. She has combed through the archives of major Boston institutions including the city government, police and fire department, hospitals, universities, rest and rehabilitation centers, the Catholic church, and several Protestant denominations, as well as the Boston Globe, to chart the work of chaplains historically.Cadge also interviewed over one hundred chaplains who work in greater Boston and shadowed them whenever possible, going on board container ships, walking through homeless shelters, and attending religious services at local prisons. The result is a rich study of a little-noticed but essential group of religious leaders. Panelists Wendy Cadge, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University Mychal Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Barbara Savage, Geraldine R. Segal Professor Emerita of American Social Thought, University of Pennsylvania John Schmalzbauer, Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies, Missouri State University Support for this webinar and research on chaplain work Barbara Mandel Professorship in the Humanistic Social Sciences, Brandeis University

Where do Jewish chaplains serve in the United States? How are they trained? Who becomes a chaplain, and how is the next generation of Jewish spiritual care providers being prepared for their work? This webinar discusses the work of the Mapping Jewish Chaplaincy project, supported by the Charles Revson Foundation. We are joined by: Wendy Cadge, Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences, Brandeis University Rabbi Mychal Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow BCC, President of MA Board of Rabbis Rabbi Dr. Joseph Ozarowski, Rabbinic Counselor and Chaplain for Jewish Child and Family Services Chicago and Jewish Chaplain at Skokie Hospital Bethamie Horowitz, Research Director, Mapping Jewish Chaplaincy Project

Women are God's invisible army. Every day, every moment, countless women are making a difference by leading ministries. It's far past time for a new conversation about Christian women leaders. The question is not whether women should lead. The question is how women are leading today amidst the unique challenges they face because of their gender. On this episode of Christian Curious, we speak with Taylor Miskel about what it's like to be a female Christian leader. Taylor is currently serving as the interim youth minister at a cooperative Baptist Church in North Carolina. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Denver Seminary, and she most recently completed a residency at UNC hospitals and Chapel Hill for a total of five units in Clinical Pastoral Education. Taylor has served as a leader and minister in care and connections, worship, youth, and hospital chaplaincy in the states of Colorado, Texas, and North Carolina.

David retired from the US Army after 33 years of military service in 2015 and currently serves with the HOPE Project. His many years of military service includes 16 years as an Army Chaplain where he deployed to Iraq twice, Afghanistan, Africa and Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His awards include three Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart. David specialized in trauma, combat stress, child loss, and grief counseling. David is a graduate of Welch College, Southeastern Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Chaplain Basic and Advance Courses, US Army Military Intelligence Center and School, the Basic Airborne Course and Clinical Pastoral Education. He is the co-author with Dr. Eddie Moody of “First Aid for Your Emotional Hurts: Veterans” and author of, “Operation Eternal Freedom.” This conversation is incredible. As I was editing it, I got choked up and had to shed a few tears (some of grief and some that were just a release). If you or someone you know is struggling with PTSD, this episode can help you or at least provide a little hope and understanding. I would love to see this interview shared with the world and hear from those that it touches. https://hopeprojectinc.org/ (https://hopeprojectinc.org/)

Hi family, it is that time. Time for this season to close. That's why we are giving you a season finale you will love. We are talking to one of our Faith on the Journey Counselors, Dr. Pamela Adams. We are talking about how to release the burdens we are not supposed to be carrying. “Many people are emotionally overweight.” - Dr. Pamela Adams Dr. Pamela Adams is an expert in the arena of spiritual rehabilitation with over 14 years of experience, she has received training in Clinical Pastoral Education and Family Advocacy at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as certification in Christian Counseling through the National Christian Counselors Association of Sarasota, Florida. She also serves as President of The Ann & Isaiah Project, a 501(c)3 organization committed to providing support to individuals suffering from the effects of substance use disorder. She has a great listening ear and is available to assist individuals and families on their spiritual and emotional journeys. And we are so glad she is here, on the show, to help us end this season of the Faith on the Journey Show. The content shared during the Faith on the Journey broadcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to treat or diagnose any mental health condition. Due to the content of this broadcast, some of the content can be triggering. If triggered, please seek professional support. Viewer discretion is advised. Subscribe/Rate Never miss an episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find our community by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Connect with Faith on the Journey Subscribe to our email list at faithonthejourney.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthejourneycounseling/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthejourneycounseling Youtube: Faith on the Journey. Click https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbmB8oL-hfU6bVW9kEIcFQ to subscribe. Connect with Dr. Pamela Adams Website: https://www.faithonthejourney.org/pamelaadams Faith on the Journey is a Christian company that specializes in bible-based trauma healing resources. We offer Christian counseling and healing groups. Learn more by visiting faithonthejourney.org. The music for this show is provided by Bensound.com. Host: Jocelyn J. Jones Produced by: Hannah Lynn Miller Guest: Dr. Pamela Adams --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelyn-jones8/support

We are excited to introduce you to one of our Faith on the Journey counselors, Christian Taylor. He is going to tell you his own personal journey towards healing. Christian Taylor is a compassionate counselor driven by his own experiences with finding healing, love, acceptance and empowerment in Christ. He leads in his practice with open-mindedness, integrity, and compassion. Christian has a B.A. in Religion and Theology, a MDiv. Chaplaincy, and is working on a MBA along with a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) - Strategy & Innovation. He has a certification in 4 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education. Christian believes in the mission of facilitating emotional and spiritual healing using the life-restoring principles of God. The content shared during the Faith on the Journey broadcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to treat or diagnose any mental health condition. Due to the content of this broadcast, some of the content can be triggering. If triggered, please seek professional support. Viewer discretion is advised. Subscribe/Rate Never miss an episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find our community by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Connect with Faith on the Journey Subscribe to our email list at faithonthejourney.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthejourneycounseling/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthejourneycounseling Youtube: Faith on the Journey.  Click https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbmB8oL-hfU6bVW9kEIcFQ to subscribe. Connect with Christian Taylor https://www.faithonthejourney.org/christiantaylor Faith on the Journey is a Christian company that specializes in bible-based trauma healing resources.  We offer Christian counseling and healing groups.  Learn more by visiting faithonthejourney.org. The music for this show is provided by Bensound.com. Host: Jocelyn J. Jones Produced by: Hannah Lynn Miller Guest: Christian Taylor Editor: Taylor Schroll (TaylorSchroll.com/editing) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelyn-jones8/support

Ronald D. Ramsey retired from corporate life after a twenty five-year career as an organization development consultant specializing in large scale culture change. After earning a doctorate in family therapy, he has worked as a licensed marriage and family counselor in private practice. In 2017 he completed the requirements of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education for hospital chaplaincy with additional training in Palliative Care chaplaincy. The majority of his work since then has been with patients receiving palliative care and their families. Ron is the author of the powerful book Forty Days to Forgiveness: A Christian's Field Guide to the Forgiveness Journey. The book draws from Ron's experiences as an organization development consultant, his knowledge of the behavioral sciences and theological studies, and his own unforgiveness challenges, to lead readers on a life-changing forgiveness journey. For more on Ron, see fortydaystoforgiveness.com

Nicodemus, The Blind Man, Lazarus, The Passion, & The Apostles in the Room, The Doubting Thomas. I hope you've enjoyed these Podcasts. I will be uploading others from other Seminaries as well as Clinical Pastoral Education lectures to become a hospital/Prison Chaplain. Stay Tuned 8v) God Bless!!!!!!

This episode has been a long time in the making.  We knew that to cover our varied perspectives on grief, loss, and end-of-life, a discussion on faith traditions would be an important part. The world around us infers that talking about death is not the same as talking about the joy of birth or the happiest of life's milestones. Certainly this unspoken “sweeping under the rug” of what is actually happening to all people and all families can feel so isolating.  We wanted to hear some messages of love and hope from those at the front lines of faith and spirituality, whatever your faith or spirituality may be. We recognize that all of us approach life and death in general from the perspective of our faith traditions, our family cultures, and the traditions and culture we choose as adults.  All this shapes how we approach our end-of-life planning.   Senior Hosts and Producers, Lisa Laudico and Natalia Green, along with Hosts Shonte Drakeford, Ashley Fernandez, Ellen Landsberger, and Lynda Weatherby interviewed 10 faith leaders.  We hear from Jaclyn Roessel, Navajo Nation culture leader; Minister Barbara Bigelow and Elder Chester N. Bigelow of the New Samaritan Baptist Church; Reverend Kendy Easley, of Bethany Community Church; Rabbi Mychal Springer, Chaplain & Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at NY-Presbyterian Hospital; M.R. Ravi Vaidyanaat Sivachariar, Spiritual Leader of The Hindu Temple Society of North America; Brother Marcus Martin, Leader, Church of Jesus Christs of Latter-Day Saints; Chaplain  Rhonda Alderman and Tupten Tendhar, Professor of Buddhism, Non-violence & Peace Studies. Our last interview is with Dr. Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, director of the inter-religious chaplaincy program at the graduate theological union in Berkeley, CA.  He sums up how we feel perfectly: “We need to look at death from a more human way. And when I say we, I don't mean just Muslims. When I say we, I say before we were Muslims, before we were Catholics, before we were Jews, before we were Hindus in those, before we were secular humanists, we were humans." Thanks for listening.  More info is available on our website:  www.ourmbclife.orgGot something to share?  Feedback? Email: ourmbclife@sharecancersupport.org Send us a voice recording via email or through speakpipe on our website. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @ourmbclife.  

Today's guest is Rev. Karen Hutt, ACPE Certified Educator and VP for Innovation, Student and Community Engagement at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. We are talking about the basics of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). ACPE - https://acpe.edu/ (https://acpe.edu/) Association for Clinical Pastoral Education CPSP - https://www.cpsp.org/ (https://www.cpsp.org/) College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy CSCPF - https://www.cscpf.org/ (https://www.cscpf.org/) Center for Spiritual Care & Pastoral Formation Sankofa CPE - https://sankofacpe.com/ (https://sankofacpe.com/)

During this season, everyone has been experiencing some sort of difficulty. If you find yourself in a season of suffering, you will want to hear this word from one of our counselors at Faith on the Journey, Dr. Pamela Adams. She served proudly in the United States Air Force for 9 ½ years, while simultaneously matriculating through Seminary and obtaining undergraduate, graduate and terminal degrees in Theology. An expert in the arena of spiritual rehabilitation with over 14 years of experience, she has received training in Clinical Pastoral Education and Family Advocacy at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as certification in Christian Counseling through the National Christian Counselors Association of Sarasota, Florida. Chaplain Pam also serves as Spiritual Advisor at the Maryland Center for Addiction Treatment. She also serves as President of The Ann & Isaiah Project, a 501(c)3 organization committed to providing support to individuals suffering from the effects of substance use disorder. She has a great listening ear and is available to assist individuals and families on their spiritual and emotional journeys. The content shared during the Faith on the Journey broadcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to treat or diagnose any mental health condition. Due to the content of this broadcast, some of the content can be triggering. If triggered, please seek professional support. Viewer discretion is advised. Subscribe/Rate Never miss an episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find our community by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! Connect with Faith on the Journey Subscribe to our email list at faithonthejourney.org Instagram: @myfaithonthejourney Facebook: @faithonthejourney Youtube: Faith on the Journey. Click https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbmB8oL-hfU6bVW9kEIcFQ to subscribe. Faith on the Journey is a Christian company that specializes in bible-based trauma healing resources. We offer Christian counseling and healing groups. Learn more by visiting faithonthejourney.org. The music for this show is provided by Bensound.com. Host: Jocelyn J. Jones Produced by: Hannah Lynn Miller Guest: Dr. Pamela Adams Editor: Taylor Schroll (TaylorSchroll.com/editing) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelyn-jones8/support

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Pamela Adams.BiographyOriginally from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Reverend Dr. Pamela Adams is the Director of Spiritual Life and University Chaplain at Delaware State University. A true Southern Belle at heart, she stands on the values of faith, family, friendship and fried chicken! She served proudly in the United States Air Force for 9 ½ years, while simultaneously matriculating through Seminary and obtaining undergraduate, graduate and terminal degrees in Theology. An expert in the arena of spiritual rehabilitation with over 16 years of experience, she has received training in Clinical Pastoral Education and Family Advocacy at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as certification in Christian Counseling through the National Christian Counselors Association of Sarasota, Florida. Chaplain Pam also serves as Spiritual Advisor at the Maryland Center for Addiction Treatment. In this role, she oversees the spiritual aspect of treatment through group and individual sessions, weekly non denominational worship services, and community engagement. She is the Owner and Principal Facilitator for Faithful & Favored, Inc., a multi-platform lifestyle management firm providing spiritual and emotional maintenance. She also serves as President of The Ann & Isaiah Project, a 501(c)3 organization committed to providing support to individuals suffering from the effects of substance use disorder. She has a great listening ear and is available to assist individuals and families on their spiritual and emotional journeys.Key Takeaways:Understand the importance of being compassionate to themselves. We are not as nice as we could be and why it imperative to show ourselves compassion so that we can show it to others.Contact InformationWebsitehttps://www.faithfulandfavored.com/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/FaithfulAndFavoredInc/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/faithfulandfavoredinc/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/FaithFavorInc

I sit down with Melissa Brown, your partner for infant sleep training and family care, ensuring the first months are as joy-filled as they should be! As one of six children in her family growing up, Melissa knows what a chaotic household can feel like. While such large families are a little less common these days, as a mother of four young children, Melissa has seen how a household with a few babies and toddlers can feel even more chaotic than a house full of teenagers given the right conditions! Add lack of sleep – for baby and mom and dad – and it can feel like the family is barely holding it together. Knowing that life will throw us all enough curve balls without having to worry about unpredictable sleep schedules (and all the challenges that result from sleep deprivation), Melissa has made it her mission to spare as many families from this stress as possible, sharing tried and true techniques she's honed through study as well as years of personal experience to ensure everyone is getting a good night's rest! With a Masters in Pastoral Care & Counseling, as well as her Clinical Pastoral Education certification, Melissa has an ideal background in working with parents and families in times of high stress and/or transition such as bringing a new baby into their family. Follow Melissa on Instagram @sleepshopconsulting --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitney-george/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whitney-george/support

Adam James has been a lifelong resident of Missouri, Adam attended St. Paul's Episcopal Day School and Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. Adam attended Park University with an emphasis on public relations and broadcasting but reprioritized his career path after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Adam began the Fire Academy in July of 2003, following his father's footsteps to become a Fire Fighter. While training at the academy, Adam suffered a serious injury, resulting in a shortened career after spinal fusion surgery in 2016. During his time with the Fire Department, he served as a Business Agent for IAFF Local , coordinating communications with local and national media outlets for the union's leadership. After entering into early retirement, Adam found himself lost and disconnected from the firefighter brotherhood. This period of reflection and discernment allowed for Adam to reconnect with his faith and realize God's calling for him to live out servanthood as a deacon in the Episcopal Church. In 2020, Adam entered Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in Topeka, Kansas, as a postulant for Holy Orders to the Diaconate. During the summer of 2021, while completing numerous requirements for ordination, Adam was admitted to Saint Luke's Health System's Clinical Pastoral Education program as a chaplain intern. Spending 100 clinical hours achieving Level I CPE certification, Adam found himself called back to his firefighter experience many times in several intense occurrences with people in crisis. Among the many patients in need, Adam provided care to several front-line workers in a clinical ministerial setting. As Adam completes his final year of seminary, he has experienced God's calling to engage his future diaconal ministry by developing awareness and ministry programs for first responder spiritual wellness, specifically firefighters, both active and retired. #NeverAloneAlwaysForward thewashdownpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"I don't know what I'm doing. But because they trust me, I'm going to do something: live into that role, live into ministerial authority and ministerial presence. That's what I would want if I were in [a patient's] situation, so I'm just going to do it.” -- Carrie McEvoyIn today's episode of Rev'ing Up, hosts Meagan and Carrie continue their discussion of Clinical Pastoral Education and chaplaincy. Sometimes, being perceived as a source of authority or spiritual presence activates our own ability to be authoritative or present. Hear a powerful anecdote from Carrie about witnessing an intense moment of grief as a chaplain in training, and follow along with Meagan and Carrie's discussion about how this informs their ministerial formation.We love hearing from you. Please get in touch at podcast@ccny.org, join the conversation in our Listener Community at facebook.com/groups/revingup, and mark your calendar for our second Rev'ing Up live event in mid-December.

Author Anne Lamott says that there are three essential types of prayer: HELP, THANKS, and WOW. On today's episode, Meagan and Carrie discuss learning new ways to pray as part of their chaplaincy training in Clinical Pastoral Education. From learning from colleagues of other faiths about their prayer traditions to praying for patients on the burn ward, Carrie and Meagan share their reflections on the nature of prayer and speaking with the Divine from a liberal-religious perspective. We welcome you to join our community conversation. Email us at podcast@ccny.org or join our Facebook group at Facebook.com/groups/revingup to share your thoughts and comments! We appreciate your taking the time to listen to this Community Church of New York podcast. If you would like to support our work, like and subscribe to our channel or tell a friend about the show.

“Clinical Pastoral Education was the moment where I felt like a minister.” -- Carrie McEvoyWelcome back to Rev'ing Up! It's been a busy summer for our hosts Carrie and Meagan. Catch up with us in this episode where Meagan and Carrie begin a discussion of one of this season's major themes: Clinical Pastoral Education, or CPE. Today we hear about Carrie and Meagan's experiences during the summers of 2020 and 2021 being Unitarian-Universalist intern ministers undergoing their chaplaincy training in interfaith environments.We love staying connected with you and responding to your comments and questions. Whether or not you are pursuing a life in ministry, please feel welcome to contact us to discuss the show. You can email us at podcast@ccny.org or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/revingup. Mark your calendar for our second Rev'ing Up live event in mid-December! 

Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton is the 59th Bishop and the first female Bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church since its founding in 1870. She is presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District, which includes the states of Alabama and Florida. Her first episcopal appointment was to the new Eleventh Episcopal District in East Africa. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Miles College (Fairfield, AL), Chair of the Board of Directors of the Miles Foundation Service Corporation, and Ecumenical Officer and Endorsing Agent for the CME Church. Bishop Jefferson-Snorton is President of Churches Uniting in Christ, Chair of the Pan-Methodist Commission, Chair of the Family Life Committee of the World Methodist Council, a member of the Board of Directors of the World Methodist Evangelism, Inc., Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Human Development, a member of the Advisory Board for Candler School of Theology at Emory University, the Board of Trustees of the Interdenominational Theological Center and the Board of Trustees of the Phillips School of Theology. In the CME Church, she is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Connectional Headquarters, Chair of the Committee on Ministerial Assessment, and Secretary of the CME College of Bishops. During 2013-2014, she served as Chair of the College of Bishops of the CME Church. Bishop Jefferson-Snorton is the founder of the empowerment conference “The Phenomenal Women's Summit” and an advocate for healthy communities and healthy churches through initiatives such as the Academy for Public Theology, the Church Garden Project, Faith, and Fitness, Mental Health Education for Congregations and the Rural Leadership Development Institute. She has a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Divinity degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a Master of Theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Patient Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Bishop Jefferson-Snorton is a certified Clinical Pastoral Educator (CPE Supervisor) and a board-certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She previously pastored in Kentucky and served on ministerial staff in Virginia and Georgia. She previously served as the Executive Director of the National Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (2000-2012) and as Executive Director and Pastoral Education Director in the Emory University Center for Pastoral Services (1990-2000). Her publications are on topics related to pastoral care, pastoral education, and women's issues. She has taught Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University (1991-2010), Virginia Commonwealth University (1987-1990), and the School of Theology at Virginia Union University (1988-90). Bishop Jefferson-Snorton, a native of Kentucky is married to Rev. Lawrence Jefferson-Snorton and is the mother of two adult sons and two grandchildren. Book Recommendation: https://kit.co/BecomingDisciplined/bishop-jefferson-snorton Becoming Disciplined Information: Website: http://becomingdisciplined.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/becomingdisciplined Twitter: https://twitter.com/@path2discipline YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWHSvpla2FwobDKDCYg3Uw Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/becomingdisciplinedonthegram Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Becoming-Disciplined-44621123926571

” If one is committed and married to systems, structures, and any forms of hatred, oppression, and violence, it's probably not going to work for you here. You might want to keep it moving.” Today we are speaking with Reverend Felicia Parazaider about her Revolution of Love Ministry. We discuss what prompted her to create this community and why community is important. Rev. Felicia also shares her thoughts on the following topics: what it means to show love to another unprocessed grief and the connection to violence her work with transformative justice and social justice movements triaging pain the importance of inner child healing self-compassion the disease of oneness Rev. Felicia Helen Parazaider is an ordained interfaith minister, speaker, author, and expert in the field of nonviolence.  She attended the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith Ministry, and was ordained in March 2012.  She holds degrees from University of California Berkeley in both Religious Studies and Peace & Conflict Studies, and has completed training programs in Spiritual Psychology, Tree of Life Teachings, and Clinical Pastoral Education. For 20 years, Rev. Felicia has been involved in ministry and activism.  In the early aughts, she began with the Anti-Defamation League and the Feminist Majority Foundation.  During this time she cut her teeth in the world of social justice.  After moving to the Bay in 2006, she began working with Pace e Bene (PeB), a nonviolent nonprofit organization.  While working for PeB she deepened her skill set by leading workshops and trainings in nonviolence and de-escalation techniques. She has ministered extensively to drug addicts and alcoholics, both on the streets of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area. For several years she served as a Hospitals & Institutions (H&I) chairperson, in charge of taking panels of recovering alcoholics into USC County Hospital to carry the message of recovery. She also worked at Kaiser Hospital Oakland and Walnut Creek as a chaplain. Her more academic work has led her to teaching classes in nonviolence and meditation at UC Berkeley,  Since she is the only minister from The Chaplaincy Institute to launch an all faith/no faith ministry, she has since returned to her alma mater and taught students how to create community ministry from the ground up. Rev. Felicia is a radical sacred activist, traveling to India and the Middle East on peace delegations, walking over 500 miles through the Nevada desert against nuclear proliferation and for peace, as well as being arrested over 20 times for participating in nonviolent civil resistance protesting drone warfare, nuclear weapons, and the separation of migrant families from their children, to name a few. She is the founder of The Revolution Of Love (ROL), a ministry which emphasizes the intersection of inner work and outer work in the world for the purposes of healing and radical change.  The ministry met over 200 times in the San Francisco Bay Area for service from 2012-2017.  Upon moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles, she relaunched ROL services.  In August 2019, the latest branch of ROL, Speak Boldly, was born.  These events covered a variety of topics, redefining violence, anger, forgiveness, to name a few.  Since COVID-19 we meet every Sunday Night via Zoom.  All are welcome. Sign up here: https://slkt.io/7lAC She is the creator of The Prayer Rope and The Love Challenge, both branches of ROL that are specific ways to begin to transform oneself and this world.  A seer, energy worker, and intuitive, she is also trained in Jewish Mysticism and Indian Way.  Her speaking is a blend of her Roma roots of storytelling, channeling, and performance art.  She is committed to agitating people into new paradigms in a bold and loving way, for the sole purpose of world changing.  In 2022, her first book will be released on her story from violence to wholeness.  Stay tuned for updates about her one person show.  Rev.

Imam Kamau Ayyubi is a Spiritual Care Chaplain at The University of Michigan Health center. Today we reflect on nearly a month of quarantine and what effect that it could be having on our mind, body, and soul. Imam Ayubbi received his Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy training) at Beaumont CPE Center in Royal Oak, MI. Before serving at University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Imam Ayubbi worked as a staff chaplain in Adult Palliative Care and in a Cardiac Progressive Care Unit at Beaumont Royal Oak from 2010-2015.

This year I (Fr. Anthony) decided to take a unit of "Clinical Pastoral Education" at a local hospital as part of my professional development. While the scheduling has been difficult, it has been well rewarded. In this episode I talk with my CPE supervisor, Mary Catherine Cole (M.Div. Candler School of Theology; Network Director of Pastoral Care and Library Services at St. Luke's University Health Network) about why CPE is so effective and how it can make help make all of us better at whatever we are called to do.