How to be a good chaplain?

To be a good Chaplain, you need excellent interpersonal skills to listen to your parishioners’ worries, fears, hopes, and grief and to provide comfort, counseling, and spiritual guidance in response to their issues. You work with people one-on-one and in small groups to work through big spiritual questions. You also plan and lead interfaith and non-denominational worship services, including sacred rites such as weddings, baptisms, and funerals. You also mentor non-believers who are interested in conversion or who just seek spiritual guidance. As a Chaplain, you may coordinate religious retreats for the people you serve.