by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 20, 2023 | News
Hospitals and other health care settings are the most common locations for U.S. adults to encounter chaplains, according to a Gallup report published in December 2022. Only 25% of all U.S. adults said they have had an interaction with a chaplain at some point in their...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 24, 2021 | News
Colonel Leah Botona Boling was notified on June 21 that she has been selected to serve as the director of the Air National Guard Chaplain Corps. “It’s still hard for me to believe I got the job,” said Boling, in a phone interview with Good Faith Media, “but I’m truly...
by Christopher Schilling | Jun 4, 2019 | Opinion
It’s no secret that Americans are less frequently identifying themselves by religious traditions. More and more people are opting to identify themselves as “nones” when it comes to their religious identity. Consequently, those of us who are chaplains working in...
by Christopher Schilling | Mar 11, 2019 | Opinion
A team of nurses and doctors surround an elderly man. Standing next to his daughter, a woman in her mid-50s, I try to be what we as hospital chaplains are called to be: a non-anxious presence. With the sounds of alarms and the visualization of a nurse giving chest...
by Christopher Schilling | Nov 9, 2018 | Opinion
I began a new call as a hospital chaplain in northwest Ohio a few months ago. One of the most significant aspects of this calling is the opportunity to converse with my patients (most are in their 70s and 80s) about their life experiences. Working with patients,...
