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Columbia, SC CPSP Chapter Responds to Charleston Tragedy – By Hayden Howell
Editor's Note: Below is a Pastoral Letter to the Columbia, SC and the CPSP community from Hayden Howell, CPE Supervisor.Dear Columbia Chapter, CPSP (other colleagues, and former members of the...
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Candy and Pencils – By Ron Evans
The purpose of my going to the Correctional Centre, aka jail, was to meet with two artists confined to the facility, individuals who I hoped might be able to do some sketching for a writing project I...
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Professor Valerie Cooper Reflections on the Charleston Tragedy and the...
Dr. Valerie Cooper, Associate Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, in a recent interview on WUNC.ORG's NPR station provides a rich and thoughtful perspective on the Charleston, SC...
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The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Part Two-- By...
(An Extended Review of Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy George Fitchett & Steve Nolan, Editors)NOTE: See Part IIThe CaseErica is the mother of a two-year-old girl...
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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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CPSP's New Website
CPSP now has a new website, CPSP.ORG. No. It’s not the one shown here. It was created some where around 1998 and certainly not the one we have been using over the last twelve years or so. You are now...
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NATIONAL CLINICAL SEMINAR - SOUTH ANNOUNCES ITS FALL 2015 EVENT
Robert Griffin, Coordinator for National Clinical Training Seminar - South (NCTS-South), announces the dates and venue of the training event:Monday-Tuesday, October 26 & 27, 2015Holiday Inn, 638...
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SCHEDULE: NCTS-East, Nov. 2-3, 2015
As previously announced, National Clinical Training Seminar - East will meet November 2 - 3, 2015 at the Loyola Retreat Center, Morristown, New Jersey.Howard Friedman and a portion of his team...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Grandparenting Track Offered by Commission on Accreditation of...
The Pastoral Report took notice of a recent news release posted on the Commission for the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training (CAPPT) website that is relevant to all CPSP Clinical...
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