Rabbi Lynn Liberman Holy Work Chaplain

Rabbi Lynn Liberman Holy Work Chaplain

Chaplaincy

From a Jewish point of view, I would say this comfortably, and even probably my colleagues as well, is that it's holy work. So it's really very, in that way, similar to being a clergy person in general. [baby noises and shushing] The amount of stuff that a clergy person—and I can speak from 20 years of that, or you know 19 years, well actually 20 years of congregational life—is there are so many things in the day that you kinda just wonder, 'Why am I doing this?' but then you sit back and you say, 'Because it's holy work.' Because you're touching a soul, you're reaching out to somebody who’s in distress or disorientation, in joy, in need of connection, and it all goes back to me being present to another.

Kevin Dowling

Religion Department (Carleton College)

2013

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Minneapolis, MN