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A new Vine group is available. If you are or want to be a Chaplain, do or are interested in Pastoral work, write or comment on Chaplaincy, or seek the services of a Chaplin the new group is called "Chaplain's Corner".
You can access it by clicking on the "groups" icon on your News Vine tool bar. Use "Chaplain" or Chaplain's Corner" as key words.
It is a public group. Membership is open to anyone who remains on topic, and is respectful of others.
Peace and Blessing to one and all.
Enoch.
The purpose of starting this group is to expand the understanding of what Chaplains do, what you can do for others, what Chaplains can do for you, and get you access if needed to Chaplaincy Service.
The purpose of the group is not to disrespect anyone or any systems or methodologies of belief non- belief, or abstention from belief. This is not a doctrinal debate forum.
It is a place where human beings can meet and learn how to help each other. It is a place where people in need can come to find confidential help for difficult problems of the human spirit.
This is not a group for contentiousness, or disrespect. It is a place where all who show respect will be encouraged to come and participate. Those who are looking for a fight, to disrupt, derail, snark, troll, or cause trouble will be barred from return.
We are here to be a resource for one another. Not to create disharmony.
I look forward to this society of fellowship which will set the tone of how the Vine is indeed a place to get smarter, and kinder. Sooner or later, we will all need help, and all be called upon to help. This is the place to address such matters.
Peace and Blessings. Enoch.
#2 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:36 AM ESTI have requested membership. I am not a chaplain, nor a pastor, but I would like to learn and share.
#3 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:11 AM ESTI wish I could have been there. I wish I could be there now...
Dowser,
she is silently with you.
I wish I could take your pain away, I would do it in a minute if I could.
Dearest MJL, the pain of loss is what makes us care about others, and more able to feel other's pain. It makes us grateful for what we have, and long to help others. You are a wonderful friend, and I thank you, very much.
I feel the same way for GoodBen. And yet, I know this 'trial by fire' will make him a stronger, better person in the end. He has always been a compassionate man, now he will be more so-- and will have a depth to him that no one can harm. By having suffered this terrible, shocking loss, he will be a better husband and father someday. He may not see that yet, but someday, he will.
I often think it was necessary for me to lose my family to really grow to understand other people's sorrow. I can't help but hope that my son and husband will be left to me for a while, so I that I can enjoy their company for a long time. I can't help but hope that I get to go first, so I don't have to live through losing them...
I guess part of what I'm so sad about, with Ben, is knowing that this could so easily happen to my own son.
Dearest Enoch-- thank you-- you help so much. I love GoodBen. He is the son of my heart, as Susan was a member of my family. I'm starting to clean out "his" room, so there will be room for him, when he wants to come for a visit! ;-)
Funny how junk expands to fill the space available for its retention...
Enoch,
You are always kind in your remarks to others. I think that this would be a fine place to learn, and to both give and receive.
Requesting membership,
Kara
#4 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:05 AM ESTThank you, dear friend Enoch for I received an acceptance to this group. It's sacred. And Rabbi means teacher, so you have agreed to teach us and for that I am most grateful.
All my best to your new group,
Kara
You walk the walk, Rabbi. Thank you, as I am unable to learn from those who only talk the talk. Of course, it is my own inadequacies. And, here is where your tolerant approach and those of others in the group will help to correct this deficiency, one of many, in myself.
Shalom and God Bless,
Kara
Enoch, I just wanted to stop by to thank you for all that you do for others. :)
#5 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:13 AM ESTThank you, Enoch. I know myself well enough to know that I am much too emotionally reserved to be much good at chaplaincy but I'd be most happy to join the group as one who can learn much from what the other members share.
Sometimes one comes to learn, and sometimes to share what has been already learned. I would never make a chaplain, but perhaps I could learn, share and be refreshed?
#7 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:57 AM ESTGloria,
I keep running into you, & you're always nice.
I sent you a FR,
I'd love to see you in blue!
:D
Enoch, I would like to join the group, please. This would be a good place to read about people and their approaches to their spirituality..
Enoch
I would love to join but I can't find it, do you have a link?
I also sent a FR request. I'd like to see you in blue :)
Enoch
I found your group and hit join
You are now Blue, I am sooo happy :)
Thank you, Enoch. Thanks for accepting me into the group. As MJL says, a quiet place to visit now and then.
I have spent many nights out sleeping in the desert -- since I live in the Northern Chihuahua Desert. It is a wonderful place to just be with yourself and everything that is around you. I know what you are talking about. Thanks.
Enoch,
My husband and I like to sit on our deck in the early , early hours of the day. 1-3 am. It is so quiet and peaceful.
My husband said once: "Listen" I said , To what?
He said "The Silence, it really is golden" I alway remember that morning, so when it is very calm and quiet, I soak it in.
Now that we are in the group, do we get a discount at Jay's Diner? 50% off on the rodent burgers, right?
Abraham Maslow calls it a "peak experience". The feeling of oneness with one's surroundings -- when everything becomes as it should be -- while one sits in an awe inspiring place or when one opens one's mind to what is.
I am not referring to Jay's Diner or the rodent burgers. That is a different feeling -- a crunchy sorta feeling.
Enoch, I would like to join the group as well. Learning is always a good thing and I think your group offers a unique opportunity to do that. Thanks for all that you do on the Vine.
#9 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:52 AM ESTEnoch, you do a great service here on the Vine. I think this group is a wonderful idea.
#10 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:30 AM ESTHi, Enoch:
I'd like to participate, please. You always offer good insight.
Thanks.
#11 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:06 AM ESTIt seems like a wonderful group that can do a lot of good for many people!
Though I am not a chaplain, I am very interested in learning more about the subject and just applied to the group.
#12 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:57 AM ESTThanks Enoch for your kind words and for accepting me into the group! And thanks to Dowser, too!
I am confident that I can learn many helpful things from the group, and hope I will help others at some point in the future.
I'd be honored if you'd consider me for membership.
#15 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:34 AM ESTFriend request accepted, with pleasure. And thanks for admitting me to your group.
I look forward to knowing you better, Arnold. Take care and have a lovely evening!
Likewise, Dowser. I've followed Newsvine on and off for several years - since 2006 or 2007. On a couple of occasions I was absent for long enough that I forgot my user ID and had to re-register.
In any event, I've been participating more frequently here in the past few months, and I have found a number of kind, decent, and worthwhile people.
People like you and Enoch, and Sydney - 5, and others, remind me to behave more like the person I ought to be.
Dowser, Arnold is cool. You will enjoy his comments. I have him on my friend list, too.
Thanks, Grump and MJL. I'm really glad Enoch got this group going.
Great idea Enoch - I'm sure you will find good company in this group. I hope you'll continue to share your experiences with us outside of it.
#16 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:14 AM ESTDear Friend,
This a wonderful idea for a group. There are so many other types of groups, but few that allow the expression of a spiritual side, unless one is arguing they're own beliefs. Although not a chaplain, my Dad was a prison chaplain, and I've been blessed to be able to continue contact with some of the prisoners he was doing Bibles studies with, and even their families, after he passed away.
#17 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:49 PM ESTEnoch, I received your invitation today. Thank you. And in spite of my religious views (which you would likely find to be controversial to say the least), I am going to do the Jungian thing (the duality of Man) and accept your gracious invitation.
יִישַׁר כּוֹחַ
#23 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:46 PM ESTI enjoy what Enoch has shared, and find myself in agreemet. This is why I agreed to join this new founded group.
Enoch , thank you for the invitation . I join with mixed emotions and the excitement of learning from others . Thank you Enoch . Peace and God's Blessings .
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