Today at the University of Alberta, a new non-denominational meditation/prayer center held an open house.  Several of my collegues attended.

My collegues ended up having a discussion with a chaplain that was in attendence and mentioned this me.  They were not familiar with term/role of a chaplain.

Need for Nondenominational spiritual guidance

I explained chaplains were spiritual leaders in non-denominational roles.  Organizations or institutions like armies, prisons and secular educational institutes require these roles to serve their constituents,  who come from a variety of backgrounds.

A key attribute of all major religions is a common belief that there is a God.  The detailed practices and beliefs may vary but belief in one God does not.

So, for me, a chaplain is a fabulous construct.  A spiritual leader that does not incite violence or hatred in the name of disparate religious practices but rather guides a focus on the key underpinning of religion, i.e., the common faith in a single deity.

Join hands, respect others travel in peace

Examples of religious  persecution  are common throughout mankinds history, yet it makes little sense given the core fundemental of each religion is the same.

Why couldn’t all religious leaders be like chaplains, that is agnostic to the specific tenets of whatever the religious type (Islam,Muslim, Catholic, Jewish and so on)?