We Chaplains work in a very strange world.  One the one hand, we are free to honor our denominational distinctives.  On the other, we must be flexible in a pluralistic environment and be able to communicate with those from dramatically different cultural and theological backgrounds.   Expectations heaped on a Chaplains shoulders can range from the comical (handing out candy to “boost morale”) to the divine (many believe that God will somehow hear our prayers over and above their own).   We seem to be constantly defining ourselves as counter to what is expected of us.

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