“My religion is watching CNN,” a feisty elderly woman with cancer recently told a hospital chaplain who had knocked on the patient’s door to introduce himself. The patient, in a thin blue hospital ...

In my medical training, I once treated a young woman with metastatic breast cancer, who looked up at me every day with sparkling blue eyes and hope. Unfortunately, despite treatment, her cancer spread ...

Listening is key, says Carolyn Bennett, one of UMC's 12 volunteer chaplains Carolyn Bennett read about UMC's budget cuts in the newspaper four years ago, went through the hospital's volunteer chaplain ...

If you're interested in taking part in Northwest Medical Center's Pastoral Caring Program, you'll need to attend the 10-week Volunteer Chaplin Training course that runs from October 15 to December 17.

Hospital chaplains provide spiritual and emotional support, and like other health care workers, they struggle with burnout.

The Rev. Nace Lanier was at home Wednesday evening (Jan. 29) watching a movie with his family when he received an emergency text from Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, where he is senior ...