by Richard Chrisman | Jan 21, 2017 | For Chaplains in Higher Ed.
As the great hymn proclaims: New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth. –James Russell Lowell. When Christian denominations began to bump into each other more, college...
by Richard Chrisman | Jan 5, 2017 | For Chaplains in Higher Ed.
Here are the trends that tell me campus chaplains have to seize a public stage soon or wither completely away: religious chaplaincies have over the last fifty years gradually been moved away from the central consciousness of campus life to the periphery; in the course...
by Richard Chrisman | Jan 5, 2017 | For Chaplains in Higher Ed.
I see college chaplains needing to fulfill the role of “culture workers,” in Paolo Freire’s terminology. You are, after all, the custodians of great traditions and our society badly needs you to function as such. How? By giving students the platform, the budget and...
by Richard Chrisman | Dec 14, 2016 | For Chaplains in Higher Ed.
Where is public space to be found? College students (really, all of us) live in an ocean of private interaction. We swim from one personal pool to another trying to get into one. Those already in a pool are trying to keep “unacceptables” out. Such...
by Richard Chrisman | Dec 8, 2016 | For Chaplains in Higher Ed.
Let’s get out of our offices and into the public world where public conversation is happening. I don’t mean on the Internet, but face-to-face conversation. It may be up to us to create such spaces. Plenty of opportunities already exist for...
