Reflections from an experienced chaplain going through the loss of his own father. My father died April 2018. In October I traveled back to Colebrook, CN to help my family celebrate his life in the church across the street from the house where he grew up. When I returned from…
The Risk of Caring
The Risk of Caring is a sermon delivered in March of 2017 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden where I was invited to preach as a guest speaker. This sermon shares stories from chaplaincy and talks about the holy ground we walk upon when caring for others. I do…
Spiritual Care Research Part 2: Impact on Patients and Healthcare
When I was a resident in the Pastoral Education Program at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah I did a second residency with an emphasis on surveying research into the efficacy of spiritual care. I looked over dozens of studies (the bibliography is available here) and wrote up…
Spiritual Care Research Part 1: Impact on Patients and Healthcare
It is time that I put the presentations and documents put together during my second CPE residency out and available online. These materials are published with the gracious permission of Episcopal Community Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, who paid for my residency during which I engaged in this research. This first…
New Section on Spiritual Care
I work as a hospital chaplain. During my clinical pastoral education residency I did a specialty residency looking at research into the impact of spiritual care on the patient experience, patient outcomes and healthcare cost. I was a little surprised to find that there is a wealth of research done on…