Chaplain’s Walk: The Spiritual Side of Medicine
How important is the well-being of the spirit? Can its condition cause us to live longer? Die sooner? Just as clinicians care for the body, patient care often requires spiritual treatment as well.
Providing realistic ways for patients, families, caregivers, hospital professionals, and even visiting clergy to process a wide range of emotions, Chaplain’s Walk addresses challenges of faith and hope. Wherever those we accompany must go mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to cope with illness, we must go as well. Chaplain’s Walk acknowledges we are all humans striving to do the best we can with situations we never anticipated facing, creating a safe place for those in distress to vent, question, and challenge the fairness of life and, if need be, even the love of their God.
Illness and tragedy change our lives radically and at times suddenly. Chaplain’s Walk provides a space in time to process circumstances in a way that can strengthen and provide relief of a burden never meant to be carried alone, exploring the pain, mysteries, and miracles of the spiritual side of medicine.
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Jan Moberg is a lifelong writer and presenter with careers in hospital chaplaincy, ethics, and patient advocacy. Jan compiled relevant medical choices linked to spiritual beliefs in Treatment Choices of the World's Most Prevalent Religions, supplied to nursing staff during her tenure as a hospital chaplain. Profound interactions with patients, families, and hospital staff are compassionately recounted in her first book, Chaplain's Walk: The Spiritual Side of Medicine.Jan has an MA in ministry leadership and a BS in religion. She completed a residency in clinical pastoral education (CPE), is certified in clinical ethics and CPSP (College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy), and has trained in critical intervention stress management (CISM) and the existential and spiritual impact of trauma. She attended Erlanger Nursing School and served six years in the US Navy, earning the Navy Service Commendation Medal for service in the Pentagon during the Lebanon crisis.