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Continue reading →: Hospice Chaplain Resources – May 2026
One of the challenges of hospice chaplaincy in the US is that many of us are learning the work while actively doing it.
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Continue reading →: Silence
From Gordon Hempton: “Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything.”
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Continue reading →: CPE Cultures
How do we preserve what is meaningful and transformative about clinical pastoral education (CPE) while also creating cultures of greater transparency, accountability, and safety?
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Continue reading →: Core Chaplain Skills – Beyond the Clinical Setting
Hospice chaplains come from a wide range of backgrounds—often with skills that don’t immediately read as “clinical,” but translate directly into the work.
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Continue reading →: On “Curating Joy”
From Lee Ann Kinkade: “Those things stopped me from falling all the way through the hole in the world.”
Hello,
I’m Mel
I’m a hospice chaplain sharing resources and reflections on human-centered spiritual care within the U.S. healthcare system.
Human. Chaplain. 