You really aren't. In your role as a future priest, you will need to be the person who says the word 'death' and conducts the liturgy to help with the steps beyond a chaplain. Knowing the role of a chaplain would be integral to that work and colleague. No one has mentioned being BCC. We aren't...
...even in that realm. We are talking about the skills you could be learning through CPE and how your familiarity with death could help your ministry. This journey is yours. What you choose to do with it is up to you. But deflecting won't help, and I hope you take advantage of your opportunity.
This actually raises a separate, genuine question of mine - why is disagreement with the institution/zeitgeist always seen as “deflecting,” “resisting,” or some other negative term instead of just a disagreement?
Why do you assume that you have disagreed with the instution/zeitgeist?
Because you just told me I was deflecting
Right, we were talking about Death, and how important it is to learn how to be there with people grieving in CPE. I addressed that specifically. You deflected and changed the topic to BCC. Where does the institution/zeitgeist come in? bsky.app/profile/farr...
I didn’t deflect and change the topic. I was responding to this: bsky.app/profile/chap...
No, you were responding to this: bsky.app/profile/chap...
That skeet was not from this thread, and changed the topic from the genuine conversation about death you had brought up. The reason it was deflection is not because I am part of an institution or zeitgeist, but because we keep getting close to the heart of this matter when every time you redefine.
Okay John. I really hold no ill will towards you - I don't know you at all. It appears between our conversations and a separate thread with @chaplaindarth.bsky.social I misread my notifications as you both commenting/building off each other. Mea culpa.
I'm not sure what you think I'm redefining, but I would sincerely love to engage in that conversations as peers, if you're interested.