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Dr. George Buck, Lifetime Achievement Award -- by Susan McDougal
Dr. George Buck earned the lifetime achievement award several lifetimes ago. His history in the Pastoral Care field goes back more than 50 years. George is believed to be the last remaining chaplain...
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Thoughts About Orlando -- by Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary
The news from Orlando reminds us that homophobia is a religious and psychological blight that those us in the healing professions must continue to address, for the good of the whole community. Orlando...
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An Invitation... What CPSP Means to You (video)
The CPSP Communications Committee is producing a new video and audio podcast series, "What CPSP Means to You", and committee member, Susan McDougal, is here to tell you more about it:
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CPSP Chaplains Respond to Orlando Tragedy--- by Scott A. Fleming, Missiouri...
On Sunday, June 12th, many of us here in the Orlando, Florida community awoke to the local news that twenty persons had been shot in a popular Orlando nightclub during a Latin night event. By the time...
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Increasing Trend to Secularize Chaplaincy -- by George Hull, Dip.Th., Th.M.
There has been an increasing trend in the pastoral care movement to move away from chaplaincy and pastoral care in favor of promoting and providing "spiritual care." Many hospital departments have...
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Insights Into Cancer (14 Jun. 2016 video) -- by Michael Eselun
Insights Into Cancer June 14, 2016 from Simms/Mann UCLA Center on Vimeo.Michael Eselun is a CPSP Board Certified Clinical Chaplain and a member of the Los Angeles, CA Chapter. He serves as the...
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Improvising with-in the Shadows
I just returned from the 52nd Annual AK Rice Residential Group Relations Conference, Improvising with-in the Shadows, Exploring Authority And Leadership in Our Organizations and Communities, held July...
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David Franzen's AAPC Theory Paper of the Year Published – by Perry Miller,...
If you are writing theory papers, or if you are supervising trainees in this process, a new resource is now available for you to explore. The Rev. Dr. David Franzen has just published an article on...
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Asha Swims -- by Perry Miller, Editor
A member of our CPSP family achieved an extraordinary accomplishment this past Saturday. Asha Allen successfully swam across the English Channel. This she did in thirteen hours, 3 minutes, in Force 5...
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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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A Video Postcard from NCTS-East - from Francine Hernandez
Greetings from the National Clinical Training Seminar in Morristown, NJ, was held Nov. 7-8!Rev. Dr. Francine Hernandez is Diplomate Supervisor with CPSP, former President of CPSP, and currently serves...
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Cynthia Olson Named Associate Secretary for CPSP -- by Perry Miller, Editor
Raymond Lawrence, General Secretary, is announcing the appointment of Cynthia Olson as Associate Secretary for CPSP. In this role, her primary duty will be to assist the General Secretary in any...
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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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