{"id":23309,"date":"2016-03-10T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=23309"},"modified":"2016-03-05T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T16:37:03","slug":"chaplains-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/03\/chaplains-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplains in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A number of companies in the United States\u00a0and other countries\u00a0are providing chaplains for their employees.<\/p>\n

Is that an appropriate application of vocation, or a confusion of vocation? \u00a0I\u2019m not sure myself!<\/p>\n

Read about this phenomenon after the jump.<\/p>\n

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From Emma Green,The Rise of Workplace Chaplains in the U.S. and Abroad \u2013 The Atlantic<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Pastors have long hung out with workers. During the Industrial Revolution, they would preach from factory floors. Nineteenth-century Catholic teachings declared it the Church\u2019s duty to support the working poor. And in the Great Depression, industry titans hired chaplains to visit workers on the Hoover Dam.<\/p>\n

But in recent years, a number of companies have gone one step further: They\u2019ve hired spiritual leaders to serve on their staffs. Though slightly less trendy than nap rooms and yoga classes, workplace chaplaincies are another attempt to make workers more productive by catering to their \u201cwhole\u201d selves. Sometimes, these chaplains serve as spiritual social workers, advising staffers about everything from divorce to cancer. They might conduct weddings or funerals; they\u2019ll often refer people to local churches and, at times, professional psychologists.<\/p>\n

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People find Jesus everywhere, cubicles and factory lines included. But why would a corporation bother providing guidance to workers as they search for him? What\u2019s in it for them?<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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