If there is a Bible verse to encapsulate what I have learned in my hospital chaplain residency this year, this is it: . . . we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves . . . [1 Thessalonians 2:8] At the beginning of my residency…

The Apostle Paul said, “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29).  And what was that promise? Descendants and land. A people and a place. Greatness and blessings in general. Justice. Holding the world accountable for its treatment of God’s covenant people. And lastly, that…

Where are chaplains in the Bible? There are no chaplains in the Holy Scriptures, but the great story-line of the Bible naturally produces an activity of the Church that looks like chaplaincy, no matter what you might call it. The church reaches out to bless the world around it, regardless of how people respond to…