Important Updates at ChI
Dear Chaplaincy Institute Family, Last week Rev. Jan Thomas tendered her resignation from the position of Community Minister, expressing a need to focus on some other areas of her life. Jan has been a beloved member of the ChI family for 16 years, and we are grateful
A Call to Leadership: The ChI Interfaith Community Council
By Rev. Theresa “Rivka” Gevurtz, MDiv. and Rev. Adrienne Waterman, MDiv. On behalf of The ChI Interfaith Community Council 8/28/20 For 20 years, ChI has cultivated a community of interfaith clergy and spiritual directors who are pioneering the nascent interspiritual shift happening in the world. Our ChI clergy community has
Further Reflections for Moving Forward
by Rev. Jan Thomas, ChI Community Minister As someone who carries the skin privilege of whiteness, a mantra that has informed my own response is the ubiquitous traffic guidance I learned as a child: Stop, Look, and Listen. STOP what must be stopped. What’s happening now is systemic, unrelenting, and has
Press Release–Committing to Racial Justice at The Chaplaincy Institute, a seminary and community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kari Kopnick Minister of Communications 510-843-1422 communications@chaplaincyinstitute.org Interfaith Chaplains Training for the Work of Racial Justice Berkeley, California June 3rd, 2020- Responding to the recent murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Reverend Ineda Adesanya, CEO, announced that the Chaplaincy Institute (“ChI”) is committing to training student chaplains
Statement from Rev. Ineda P. Adesanya
Chaplaincy Institute Statement from Rev. Ineda P. Adesanya Statement from Rev. Ineda P. Adesanya, after the murder of George Floyd Greeting Friends, The mission of The Chaplaincy Institute is to educate and empower individuals for innovative interfaith service and spiritual care that
A Lesson on Being
A Lesson On Being By Rev. Sharon Mooney This launches a new series that we are calling Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Each Other. This is a place to share stories, queries and learnings of ChI clergy in their richly varied expressions of interfaith ministry and chaplaincy. Rev. Sharon Lopez