Chaplaincy

I am a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) with APC. I currently serve as a hospital palliative care chaplain, a SNF hospice chaplain, and a per diem trauma chaplain. I am working on advance hospice and palliative care certification. (BCC-HAPAC)

Teaching & Training

I currently serve as an adjunct professor with a seminary and as an affiliate academic mentor with Kairos. In the past, I had a church based preaching & teaching ministry, served as a teaching assistannt at Southern Seminary, and taught high school chemistry.

Engage the Gospel

As a senior pastor and then as a pastor of discipleship, I had a preaching and teaching ministry.

Theology as Metaphor – “Pilgrimage”

Why This Image? Development of the Metaphor: Long before this relatively recent entry into chaplaincy, I have always understood my relationship with God through Christ as a journey. I was intrigued by the synoptic gospels’ narratives, where a large group of disciples literally followed Jesus on foot. From within this greater mass are the twelve

An Understanding of the Role of a Chaplain

Pastoral spiritual care is an appropriate response of assisting others on their spiritual pilgrimage toward the restoration of relationship with themselves (intrapersonal), relationships with others (interpersonal), and relationship with God (transpersonal). The Genesis narrative includes a dramatic picture of Divine initiative to create, moving from chaos to order. Humankind is created in the image and

24 Questions Your Church Should Answer Before People Return

Source: 24 Questions Your Church Should Answer Before People Return Ken Brady offers a helpful list of issues that deserve church leaders’ attention, before we “reopen” church. “Getting back to normal” is not likely to happen soon, if ever. Ken’s thoughts provide a good starting place to think about and prepare for our foray into