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This is not your backup plan – An open letter from a chaplain

"I’m called to be a chaplain. I didn’t settle for this vocation. I am not a chaplain because I couldn’t cut it in the parish. I truly believe the Holy Spirit guided me here."

Recently I was scrolling through Facebook and came across a post by retired seminary professor Paul Hooker. His post advised pastors against changing the congregations that call them, even if they say they want to change. Elsewhere in his post (not tied specifically to his thesis), he told a story about a conversation:

I have also heard yet another story from a pastor who, having believed the rhetoric of a pastor nominating committee that...

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