How One Trumpeter Found His Calling as a Buddhist Military Chaplain
Nathan Sheppard on finding the path through student loan debt and alternative therapy
Pamela Gayle White
Pamela Gayle White serves as staff chaplain at a hospice in central Virginia. She has written dozens of articles and created a podcast related to training and working in chaplaincy for Tricycle, where she’s a contributing editor. She also teaches in the Bodhi Path network and greater community.
Academia Meets Applied Buddhism
Henry Shiu, PhD, is contributing to the evolving landscape of Buddhist chaplaincy studies in Canada.
Dancing into Silence as Love
Dancer and choreographer Keely Garfield shares how her chaplaincy work in end-of-life care and trauma has taught her to embrace a practice of stillness and silence.
‘I See No Contradiction’
Breeshia Wade—a content strategist, DEI consultant, Buddhist chaplain, and Southern Baptist—shares how her unique experiences inform her work and approach to grief.
Chaplaincy and Not Knowing
Having worked as a registered nurse for decades, Cheryl Barnes-Neff says chaplaincy taught her that there’s more to patient care than having all the right answers.
Chaplain Alex Beth Schapiro Believes in the Healing Power of Community
The palliative care chaplain is currently working on bringing spiritual support into outpatient care teams to improve the experiences of patients and clinicians alike.
A Young Buddhist College Chaplain Connects with Students and Communities of All Kinds
Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, a Theravada monk working in university chaplaincy, believes in the power of honesty.
Buddhist Chaplaincy Evolves in Japan
Shingon priest Reverend Nathan Jishin Michon studies the relatively new field with an eye to enriching the profession in the West.
How a Phone Call Brought Nina Thompson to Hospice Chaplaincy
The interfaith hospice chaplain and Zen practitioner says her life changed after a friend asked her to manage his death.
Podcasts
Mindfulness and Awareness in End of Life Care
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Pamela Gayle White, a Tricycle contributing editor who recently completed her residency as an interfaith chaplain at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center, shatters the taboo as she speaks with four of her former colleagues at UVA about what they’ve learned from their years of working with the dying.
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Letting Go
The Buddha taught ‘letting go’ as an essential part of the path to true fulfilment. His message seems to go against the grain of our unspoken assumption that happiness comes from acquiring—relationships, wealth, kudos, fame, convictions,…
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