Tips from a Trauma Chaplain: Notes from Father Jayson's Class by The CHI Student Community March 2009 The following notes were taken during Father Jayson Landeza's class at the January 2009 Christianity module. Father Jayson has been a priest for 21 years. Seasoned in trauma chaplaincy, he is a chaplain for the Oakland

Simple by Rev. William Sewall, JD Sermon delivered at the September 20, 2014 CHI Ordination Rev. William Sewall As my friends and family will verify, I love to think, to ponder the complexities of life and look for answers where seemingly none are present. But the real mystery of life rests

Prisoner of Love By Rev. Michael Stamper, Ph.D. October 2010 Rev. Michael Stamper I am not entirely sure why I came to CHI. I’m not a religious person and before coming, had not heard a call to the ministry. It was after coming to Chi that I heard the call—a

Liminality by Rev. Vicki Joy McClure, MAPM, BCC June 2009 “What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning.” (T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets 4: Little Gidding) You would think that since we go through so much change in this life, that we’d be

The Tears of Another by Rev. Leslie Boies, M.A. September 2007 The contemporary American poet, Mary Oliver, says, “There is only one question. How to love this world?” Rev. Leslie Boies I have found this to be a powerful question. A question that provides both sail and ballast on my journey

We Are All Enough by Rev. Pamela Dawn deForest Hancock September 2014 As I’ve progressed through the Chaplaincy Institute and Starr King School for the Ministry, I have struggled with this concept of ENOUGH. Am I enough to do this work? Do I have enough knowledge? Enough patience? Enough empathy? Enough courage –

Devotion and a Prayer by Rev. Vicki Joy McClure, MAPM, BCC October 2008 Rev. Vicki Joy McClure While I was away from the hospital, I received a page from a nurse who was wheeling an elderly woman patient in her bed to emergency surgery. The patient was asking for a Catholic

Death Row Butterfly By Rev. Susan Shannon, M. Div. Rev. Susan Shannon I hadn’t been to Death Row to meet with my Buddhist Sangha for about a month due to my staff sponsor and escort being out of town. Last night I met with group one of the 3 Buddhist groupings

A Ritual for Caregivers by Rev. Sharon Leman, MLA June 2008 Rev. Sharon Leman Enjoying longer lives as the result of medical advances has changed our experience of death. We face issues that were not present a few generations past. In my grandparents' time, people got ill and either recovered or

Interfaith Adventures in Hospital Chaplaincy by Rev. Christina Baxter March 2009 Rev. Christina Baxter It is hard to believe, but Sacramento, California is the most culturally diverse city in the United States. Nowhere is that diversity more evident than at Methodist Hospital, located in the southern part of Sacramento. Last June