SECTION 4: CHAPLAINCY EDUCATION - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Editor's introduction to Section 5: Chaplaincy Educatio

Guest editor’s presentation

Guest editor's introduction to the Monographic Section: "Delia Graff Fara. A celebration of her life and career"

SECTION 4: CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Editor Sullender introduces several articles that follow up on themes that have been published in previous issues of Reflective Practice

SECTION 1: LEADERSHIP IN MINISTRY - Editor's Introduction

For this thirty-eighth edition of Reflective Practice, we invited writers, scholars, and practitioners of the arts of ministry to reflect on questions and issues that face us as we teach and educate people for ministry in the 21st Century.

SECTION 3: REFLECTING ON PRACTICE - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Editor Sullender introduces two articles that demonstrate the importance of reflecting on our practice as spiritual care givers

SECTION 1 - THE NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE - Editor's Introduction

The role of narrative in formation and supervision is reflected upon in this section

SECTION 1: A SOULFUL PERSPECTIVE - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Editor Sullender introduces the theme of Volume 37 of Reflective Practice - "A Soulful Perspective"

Special section on human development as a critical voice in education: Editor's introduction

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including human development, the importance of economic context for young people, children's perspectives within school governance

SECTION 6: FORUM: CHAPLAIN AS PROPHET - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

The forum is the section of the journal that features short, personal reflections on a particular theme. This year’s forum invited readers to reflect on when and how chaplains might function as prophets. For those not familiar with the concept of ‘prophet,’ in the Judeo-Christian literature a prophet is God’s messenger, one who brings a word of truth, justice, and/or warning to persons in power or to a nation in general. Most would say that a chaplain’s primary skill set is listening, whereas prophets primarily speak. Furthermore, the chaplain’s primary aim is to comfort, whereas prophets tend to unsettle. Are there ways or occasions when the roles overlap or conflict

SECTION 5: REFLECTIONS ON FIELD EDUCATION - EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

Introduction to section