Word: revs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years, I have witnessed the upgrading of chaplaincy programs among those who, although referred to as "offenders," are most frequently the "victims" of homelessness, churchlessness and joblessness. The work of the minister behind bars is one of the most frustrating yet rewarding experiences that a clergyman can have. (THE REV.) LESLIE F. WEBER Secretary...
...part, higher standards for prison chaplains have been inspired by growing secular awareness that prisons are primarily intended to rehabilitate rather than merely punish; more than half of the states now require that chaplains undergo from six to 18 months of specialized pastoral training. For example, the Rev. Henry Taxis, chaplain to the Hennepin County Home for Boys in Minnesota, studied for nine months at a state hospital in Iowa, three months at Federal Detention Headquarters in New York, and six months at the Illinois State Training School for Boys. The chaplains learn fast that the techniques suitable...
...Gospels." "We work closely with psychiatrists and psychologists and use many of their techniques in our approach," says the Rev. W. Ralph Graham, chaplain at the Federal Correctional Institute in Englewood, Colo. "We don't use the Gospels or the Ten Commandments or the Beatitudes any more. Instead we talk about God in terms of the prisoners' experience. God has to be something they understand, not just an authoritarian father image." Says Lutheran Pastor Harold Lindberg, chaplain at Ohio Penitentiary: "I stress things like Paul's calling men to victorious living. Without using those exact words...
...Behind the Tables. In the hope of reaching out to their alienated charges, prison chaplains are tolerant of being used by cynics-convicts who show up for services to improve their chances for parole. The ministers try to avoid any sign of moral judgment. The Rev. George Tolson of San Quentin wears an old green eyeshade when he interviews inmates ("It reminds them of the man behind the tables at Reno") and tells them: "I'm not here with answers. I'm just here to share with you what you've been going through." Colorado...
Obsession with sex can range from titillation to the repellent. On Kansas City's Counsellor's Corner, the Rev. R. Lofton Hudson found himself counseling a woman who complained that she was being "pressured" into a neighborhood wife-swapping group. Bob Raiford, on Washington's WTOP, waded unblinking into a discussion of aerosol contraceptives. And when New Orleans' WSMB's Larry Regan asked one deviate caller if he had considered going to a psychiatrist, he got the reply, "Go to a psychiatrist, hell. I go with...