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A Brief Reflection on the Clinical Pastoral Training Group: Redemption &...
As I prepare for a new group of CPE residents and interns, I pause for a moment in reflection upon the outgoing training group that has just completed a year of clinical pastoral training. I...
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Announcing CPSP's new podcast, Chaplaincy Alive! -- by Perry Miller, Editor...
Chaplaincy Alive! is a new podcast production by the CPSP Communications Committee, featuring the work and expertise of the members of CPSP, as well as distinguished members of the broader clinical...
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Improvements to the CPSP Certification Process and Forms -- by Jonathan...
In an effort to improve the certification experience, the CPSP Certification Committee has worked to make changes to the process that will help to support our certification candidates and organize the...
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Fall 2016 Governing Council Meeting Briefings -- by Perry Miller, Editor &...
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:The CPSP Communications Committee is pleased to present the first edition of cpspnewsnotes, a series of brief headlines about recent news items that are linked to in-depth...
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Autumn Gold at 60 -- by Domenic Fuccillo
Two nieces sent us a dour reflection on winter. Literally slouching toward 87, I wrote an encouraging reply instead of quoting Ecc. 3:1-8. No go. The idea of turning 60 still freaked out Niece 2, who...
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Report to Governing Council September, 2016 -- by Raymond J. Lawrence,...
I want to thank all those who have volunteered so much of their time performing essential tasks for this community. We have prospered for over a quarter century because of volunteer labor. I especially...
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Chaplaincy Alive! podcast: A discussion with Kenneth Blank, a responding...
Twenty years ago, a truck bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds. CPSP Chaplain Kenneth Blank talks with...
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Grief and Rebirth - Chaplaincy in an Acute Rehabilitation Center -- by Peter...
They come from all over Northern California. Broken, wounded, and scarred, they arrive strapped to a gurney –three, four, sometimes five in a day. Frightened, exhausted, perhaps in physical pain,...
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Editor's Note: Response to William Alberts' CounterPunch Article, "Prophets...
In a recent article published on CounterPunch.org entitled: Prophets of the People or Chaplains of the Status Quo?, William Alberts, PhD launches a searing attack against the Association of Clinical...
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From Dover, Massachusetts: Reflections on the A. K. Rice's 2015 International...
Arriving during the midnight hours at Dover, Massachusetts for a six-day international residential training was an experience I will not soon forget.The conference, presented by the A.K. Rice...
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Editor's Note: CAPPT Accreditation of UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education...
The following announcement appeared on the (UAMS) website:"CAPPT Accreditation of UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education Training Program"On June 10, 2015, the Clinical Pastoral Education Training program at...
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The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care -- Part 3---By...
The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care(An Extended Review of Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy George Fitchett & Steve Nolan, Editors)Part...
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ANNUAL NCTS-WEST, OCTOBER 18–20, 2015--Roles, Boundaries, and Vulnerability...
Join us for this year’s NCTS-West at Christ the King Retreat Center in Sacramento, California. This will be an intensive, experiential, residential conference intended to expand your clinical...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: A Book that Examines" Being Called" from a variety of...
Publisher described in its email announcement as:"Scientists and scholars representing diverse disciplines and worldviews describe and interpret their experience of feeling called to a particular life...
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CPSP Cyber Meeting of the Governing Council Announced
Editor's Note: Bill Scar, CPSP President, sent the following message to all members of the CPSP Governing Council:To All Members of the CPSP Governing Council,Greetings!We now look forward to the...
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Dates for the National Clinical Training Seminar-East Announced
Francine Hernandez, Coordinator for NCTS - East, announces the dates and venue for the gathering of the National Clinical Training Seminar-East.Please place on your calendar the dates of November 2-3,...
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Editor's Note: Doctors Fail to Address Patients’ Spiritual Needs by Dr ROBERT...
In an article posted in the NYTimes by Dr ROBERT KLITZMAN, M.D on August 13, 2015, Dr Klitzman, MD comments:"Eventually, my patient dying from cancer did speak with a chaplain. I noticed him visiting...
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A Silently Politicized Profession – by The Reverend Dr. Belen Gonzalez y...
Ever heard it said, “There are no politics in the chaplaincy profession,” Yeah right! I would like to believe that politics is not a constituent characteristic of the chaplaincy profession. However, I...
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THE LOSS OF DONALD CAPPS--By Raymond Lawrence, General Secretary
The sudden death of Don Capps in an automobile accident has deprived CPSP, as well as the entire clinical pastoral community, of arguably the wisest voice of our generation in the field of clinical...
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