You are responding to the tenderness of our time.
Eco-chaplain. Lecturer. CPE resident. Clergy. Climate change chaplain. Divinity school dean. University student. Spiritual care provider.
Whatever your work and wherever you are on your professional journey, you are here because you are paying attention. You understand how much hurt people carry inside systems that do not support the flourishing of all life. And you feel called to tend in this tender time.
What support do you need as you refine your perspective, your path, your unique offering? See below for possibilities and be in touch.
For invitations to teach in person, please note I am based in New Orleans, LA.
climate change chaplaincy education
Climate Change Chaplaincy: An Introduction to the Field for Spiritual Care Professionals
How is the climate crisis transforming traditional boundaries of time and place in spiritual care? In this 75-minute class, learn about the emerging fields of eco- and climate change chaplaincy and understand how this work is both an extension of conventional chaplaincy and a unique response to the spiritual and emotional challenges of our time.
Through theory, discussion, case studies, and small group reflection, participants will learn to recognize climate emotions and the spiritual disorientations of living in time of climate change; experiment with real-time pastoral interventions; and receive an introduction to the growing field of climate change chaplaincy.
Zoom or in-person.
Introduction to Climate Change Chaplaincy for Chaplaincy Students
In this 20-hour intensive, students learn about the mental health, emotional, and spiritual impacts of climate change; reflect on how climate change is transforming the chaplain’s role and response; develop a broad understanding of climate emotions; reflect on the spiritual dimensions of climate grief and climate anxiety; and consider climate chaplaincy for key groups.
In addition to critical engagement with the above concepts, during this course students will deepen their understanding of the importance of pastoral care for a climate-changing world; explore practical possibilities and theoretical considerations for faith-specific, non-denominational, pantheistic, and secular climate change chaplaincy; and reflect on their particular roots, resources, and capacities to meet the spiritual care needs of a diverse, climate-changing world.
Zoom or in-person.
mentorship
If you are seeking one-on-one mentorship in your work, please reach out to schedule a meeting.
Zoom only. Hourly rate on a sliding scale.