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A Secular Humanist Chaplain Learns to Pray
I imagined that I could develop an awareness of myself as minister by answering the question, “Who am I?” The question is more appropriately, “Who am I” In the room with the patient, I am not merely the product of my life experiences, but I am Chaplain Joshua Berg, the supposed embodiment of some mystical authority, a symbol of potential “well-being” (Cobb 2014). In this role, I am tasked with being a giver of spiritual care who attempts to heal wounded “souls.” As a humanist chaplain however, s