February 2025
Marsh Institute featured in Baptist Standard
Organizers announced the formation and launch of The Marsh Institute for Chaplains, a nonprofit organization dedicated to collaborating, equipping, supporting and advocating for chaplains in diverse settings. The Marsh Institute builds on five and a half years of work of the Gerald E. Marsh Center for Chaplain Studies, a chaplain-focused endeavor...
January 2025
The Art of Sharpening the Tool of Chaplaincy — A Collaborative Approach
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17 NIV). Preparing a chaplain for tomorrow’s ministry is like sharpening a woodworking hand tool. A chisel or hand plane is indispensable to achieve ‘fine woodworking’. Wood craftsmen of old, void of power tools, understood not only how to use such...