The Chaplain as Mediator: A Ministry of Presence and Productivity

Care Giver ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank T. Willey
Keyword(s):  
Ministry Of Presence

Toward a Theology of the Ministry of Presence in Chaplaincy

2009 ◽  
Vol os-52 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Holm
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Common Grace ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Ministry Of Presence

This paper examines the role and relationships of Christian chaplains in non-church settings. Covington's and Smith's description of presence as exercised by nurses has been adapted to fit the work of chaplains in order to provide a working definition. Next, a transcendental understanding of presence is explored, beginning with a description of an encounter with the presence of God. Third, the biblical understandings of the presence of God are examined. Fourth, the author draws on philosophical theology to consider the extent to which chaplains, nurses, clients and patients who are not believers experience the presence of God in encounters that might otherwise be described in terms of a caring presence. Fifth, he considers the role that common grace plays in this ministry. The conclusion incorporates discussion of a future work that might be done in this area.

SCT® Centering into a Ministry of Presence: A Unifying Scientific Path from Brain and Mind to Heart and Soul

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Richard M. O'Neill ◽  
William B. Reynolds ◽  
Terry Ruth Culbertson
Keyword(s):  
Ministry Of Presence

Ritualizing the Unspoken

Flaming? ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 172-197
Author(s):  
Alisha Lola Jones
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Nonverbal Communication ◽  
The Face ◽  
Ministry Of Presence ◽  
Public Worship

Chapter 6 continues exploration of Tonéx’s Unspoken album to consider unspokenness as a means of decentering the primacy of oration in African American worship leadership, while bringing to center the power of presence in ministry when the posture of standing in one’s truth is assumed in public worship. While music scholars have researched the moments in which the musical rest is a facet of sound, chapter 6 contends that unspokenness is a prized aspect of African American orality and nonverbal communication. More than a silent treatment, unspokenness manages musical moments in the face of censorship and oppression, during worship experiences where queer potential is assessed and rebuked. The multifold notion of standing in one’s truth is an animating principle that symbolizes a queer ministry of presence.

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