Shadow Evaluation Fourth Observation Assignment

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Shadow Evaluation: Fourth Observation Assignment
Submitted to Dr. Whittington
CHPL598: Spiritual and Professional Development of the Chaplain (B01)
By
Nicole Tallman
February 15, 2021 (SUBMITTED LATE)
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Contents
Interview…………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Shadowing…………………………………………………………………………… 2
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………. 5
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Interview
.Name of the chaplain interviewed, and date/time of the interview (1
The Reverend Brooklyn Smith February 14th 9:00 AM
?Where are you currently serving (2
I am currently working as a full-time chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator at hospice and

.palliative care of the Piedmont
?How long have you served as a chaplain within this ministry (3
.I have been a chaplain for four years and at this organization for 6 months
?What preparation did you receive to qualify you (4
I got an M.Div, then did a unit of CPE and a CPE residency for a total of 4 ACPE CPE credits. I
.am eligible for board certification
?What ministry opportunities are available to you in this field (5
I primarily provide support to patients and their families, then to our staff. I occasionally work
.with local clergy or groups and provide grief education
?How effective are your ministry efforts (6
I don’t know how to answer this question. What does it mean to be effective? Perhaps it means,
am I able to meet the needs of our patients and families and staff. I think I am usually effective at
.my role here. Time management and ability to respond in time are usually barriers to care
?How has your ministry as a chaplain affected your family or friends (7
I think my friends and family use me as a resource for questions about death and dying,
.Palliative Care, grief, and other healthcare questions
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Shadowing
John 16:22 “So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will
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rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” I chose to shadow the reverend Brooklyn Smith
because she is the full-time chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator at a hospice placement. As I
as a future hospital chaplain will be seeing patient that will spend weeks, or the longest just a few
short months with me which is considered a “quick” stay I wanted to understand and learn what
a chaplain at a hospice placement does at a “end of life” facility. Another reason why I wanted to
shadowed the Brooklyn Smith was because she was recently the chaplain at the hospice in my
home town that I have visited before because loved ones were there and I was just simply
.interested in what it interred
Kenneth Boa stated, “Seek to manage time loosely enough to enhance relationships rather
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than tightly to accomplish results.” What I learned the most about this shadowing from
Reverend Brooklyn Smith is that time management is very important when it comes to hospice
care and chaplaincy. Colossians 4:5 “Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of
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your time.” I came to learn that time management in the hospice environment is very important
and needed. When one does not have very successful time management or no time management
at all they experience burnout, stress, and mistakes. When one have successful time management
that person can increase productivity, limit burnout and improve both professional and personal
1 John 16:22
2 Kenneth Boa, Conformed to His Image: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation,
Revised Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 280.
3 Colossians 4:5
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satisfaction. Leading to better time management leads to a happier work environment all around,
and happier and more pleased people that walk through the doors. According to “Just as we must
engage with others for some of the Disciplines of the Christian life, so there are times when we
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must temporarily withdraw into the Disciplines of silence and solitude.” It is also important to
remember that time management for your job is very important but to have great time
management for your job you have to take care of yourself as well, so all ways stop and take
time to have time management moments with yourself and with your heart with God so that the
job will a reflection of that time of taking care of yourself. Ephesians 5:15-17 “Be very careful,
then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because
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”.the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the LORD's will is
Stephen R. Covey the author of the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change stated “to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To
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know and not to do is really not to know.” I can apply what I have from this shadowing with the
reverend Brooklyn Smith to my future ministry In many ways. As working at an after school
program there is always something that can be done. According to Donald Whitney, “Before he
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taught the Word of God to the people of God, he practiced what he learned.” Learning more
from this shadowing about the importance of time management has quickly helped me learn
4 Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Life (Revised and Updated) (NavPress,
2014), 224.
5 Ephesians 5:15-17
6 Covey, Stephen R.. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. United States: Mango
Media, 2015.
7 Ibid
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while I am at work what needs to be done now and what can wait. A great example that happens
more times than not is if my job and my main priority at work is help kids with their homework
and watch them but the trash needs to be taken out, I am going to hold on the trash and help the
.kid with their homework because that is why I am there and the trash is not going anywhere
Romans 15:1- 2 “Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of
those without strength, and not to please ourselves. Each one of us must please his neighbor for
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his good, to build him up.” How I can apply this shadowing and very important lesson of time
management to my future ministry as a hospital chaplain is going to the patients, and the ones
who need the most help first. That may sound iffy because your saying to yourself, “their in a
hospital, don’t they all need help first?” The ones in critical need. Then I will go to the ones that
could go a little longer without being seen. Just like I’ve learned, you do the most important first,
so you do not get stressed and uneasy if you do the most easiest patients first then that whole
time you are not going to be in the right head space because you will be stressed out, you will be
unhappy. You will not be putting in 100 percent into those “quote on quote” easy patients and
., .families that you deal with everyday
Shadowing and interviewing the Reverend Brooklyn Smith was both a privilege and a
educational experience. I learned so much both about time management, grief, and palatine care
that I will take in to my studies here at Liberty in my future classes and as a future hospital
chaplain. I also learned that there is a ton of time management skills and knowledge that I need
to work on in so that I do not get tired quickly, I tend to work myself to my breaking point, I
8 Romans 15:1- 2
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need to practice on the self care, and time management with myself that mentioned as we all do
these days as COVID-19 has made us stress more about where our rent of our house will from,
where the money for the food on our table, and the most thought about question, will our kids go
?back to school? How do you practice time management
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Bibliography
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Life (Revised and Updated) (NavPress,
.2014), 224
Kenneth Boa, Conformed to His Image: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation,
Revised Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 280.
Covey, Stephen R.. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. United States: Mango Media, 2015.
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Shadow Evaluation: Fourth Observation Assignment

Submitted to Dr. Whittington

CHPL598: Spiritual and Professional Development of the Chaplain (B01)

February 15, 2021 (SUBMITTED LATE)

.Name of the chaplain interviewed, and date/time of the interview (1

The Reverend Brooklyn Smith February 14th 9:00 AM

?Where are you currently serving (2

I am currently working as a full-time chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator at hospice and

?How long have you served as a chaplain within this ministry (3

?What preparation did you receive to qualify you (4

?What ministry opportunities are available to you in this field (5

?How effective are your ministry efforts (6

?How has your ministry as a chaplain affected your family or friends (7

.interested in what it interred

., .families that you deal with everyday

?back to school? How do you practice time management

Revised Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 280.

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