Chaplaincy...

So my fairly recent role as a Chaplain has been an interesting turn of events. Hearing (from kids) fairly general parental opinions and thoughts around the chaplain and the role have been a great insight into some perceptions of the church and Christians.
Figuring out my role on the other hand has been somewhat difficult but it has changed the way I view our somewhat insignificant lives in Rocherlea. One of the school social workers described herself as someone living in the ambiguous grey world between structures/organisations and people. For the children at the school she lives between the school structures and their parents, and for the parents she lives between the school structures and Child and Family Services.
Now as a Chaplain I feel something of the same. I feel that I sit somewhere in the ambiguous grey between people and the Church and the Church and God. I probably don’t have all the answers or a lot of my ideologies right but I would like to think that as someone living quite happily in the grey, maybe I can be of some help to those who fall into the ambiguous with me, and I can help them find their way.

If this is all I learn from Chaplaincy, that’s ok. I have enjoyed being someone associated with the in-betweens, maybe it’s not always healthy to live here, but for now I’ll embrace the ambiguous greyness of here.