by Jason Zuidema, ICMA This beautiful, short book recounts the ministry of a Stella Maris chaplain in Immingham, UK. Fr. Colum Kelly, a priest in the Diocese of Leeds, tells his stories of 16 years as port chaplain. Editor Josie Edwards makes the text engaging and illustrations are added by current Immingham chaplain, Bryony Watson.…
Book Review: Saving Jack
David Hurrell and Alexander Campbell. Saving Jack: The Story of the Seamen’s Mission of the Methodist Church, The Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest. London: QVSR, 2018. Of value to Methodist and non-Methodist alike, this handsome, full-colour album was put out to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Methodist mission to seafarers in London and its flagship…
Book Review: A Christian Theology of Chaplaincy
John Caperon, Andrew Todd and James Walters, ed. A Christian Theology of Chaplaincy. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. 176pp. This book is a collection of essays originally presented at a symposium on chaplaincy at Westcott House, Cambridge in April 2015. The editors and most of the presenters in the volume are associated with the Church of…
Book Review: Multifaith Chaplaincy in the Workplace
Fiona Stewart-Darling, Multifaith Chaplaincy in the Workplace: How Chaplains Can Support Organizations and their Employees. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. 176pp. This book is a case study in building a workplace chaplaincy program. Fiona Stewart-Darling, an Anglican priest, explains the history and formation of the chaplaincy program she has led in the Canary Wharf district of…