SECTION 6: FORUM: CHAPLAIN AS PROPHET - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Authors

  • Scott Sullender

Keywords:

leadership, ministry, teaching

Abstract

The forum is the section of the journal that features short, personal reflections on a particular theme. This year’s forum invited readers to reflect on when and how chaplains might function as prophets. For those not familiar with the concept of ‘prophet,’ in the Judeo-Christian literature a prophet is God’s messenger, one who brings a word of truth, justice, and/or warning to persons in power or to a nation in general. Most would say that a chaplain’s primary skill set is listening, whereas prophets primarily speak. Furthermore, the chaplain’s primary aim is to comfort, whereas prophets tend to unsettle. Are there ways or occasions when the roles overlap or conflict?

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