Moral Injury and COVID-19
Are you hearing the same stories I am? Doctors in Italy removing ventilators from the living to give them to those who have a better...
After the Crisis: What Will We Look Like on the Other Side?
With the world going through a shared trauma such as we have not seen in our lifetimes, the question is not “will we get through this?”...
Spiritual People - Learning to listen to the Heart
Americans are a deeply spiritual people. There have been a lot of times, as a chaplain, I have been talking with a person and they ask a...
Chaplaincy and Autism: How to Respond
Autism affects a lot of people in the US and law enforcement officers are likely to encounter autistic people in their daily duties. As a...
Chaplaincy and Autism: How to Respond
Autism affects a lot of people in the US and law enforcement officers are likely to encounter autistic people in their daily duties. As a...
Forgiveness and the First Responder
The first time you do CPR on a real person… it’s one of those calls an EMT/Firefighter/Police Officer will never forget. None of those...
Interview with Chaplain Steven Bell
This week we have an audio interview I did with Chaplain Steven Bell of the Bluffton Police Department. Since this interview he and his...
Vested in Many Ways
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what does this image communicate? It was a surreal moment when this patron walked into Taco Bell...
Dealing with Hostile People - Six Ways a Chaplain Can Respond to Hostile People
As a chaplain I have dealt with my share of hostile people. Sometimes they expect a certain level of service from the EMS/police/fire...
Dealing with Difficult People - Four types of people a chaplain may dread most
Most of the people I deal with as a chaplain are quite pleasant. But others really push my buttons. You know the type. You may have been...
