Over the next months, we will be sharing stories of deacons in their context. These might be stories of encounters or short reflections on what they experienced as God uses them in their ministry. Our first reflection is by David Bean, who is a hospice chaplain in the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham:
“You’re a hospice chaplain? I could never do that…”
The inference seems to be that not only is it hard, but grim…
I tell them that I get to help patients receiving palliative care to simply get on with life…
I get to help patients who are dying find peace …
I get to help the bereaved find hope again…
All of this is an expression of my diaconal vocation; it’s about love…
Life. Peace. Hope. Love
What a privilege. What a joy.
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 