The Practical
Chaplain
The home of practical chaplaincy.
Where Spiritual Care Meets Strategic Innovation.
Whether you’re exploring the call, completing CPE, serving at the bedside, leading a department, or preparing the next generation, The Practical Chaplain equips you with practical tools, trusted education, clinical resources, and innovative solutions for the realities of modern spiritual care.
Created by a practicing Board Certified Chaplain, for chaplains who want to care with confidence, document with clarity, and lead with excellence.
THE CHAPLAINCY JOURNEY
Wherever you are on the path, we equip you for what comes next.
CHAPLAINCY IN EVERY SETTING
The same clinical heart, adapted to every context where chaplains serve.
CHAPLAINCY IN EVERY SETTING
The same clinical heart, adapted to every context where chaplains serve.
Acute care, ICU, and emergency department spiritual care within fast-paced clinical environments.
FREE CLINICAL TOOLS FOR CHAPLAINCY
Practical resources you can use today.
No sign-up required. Every resource was developed through real clinical practice, not theory. Download, adapt for your setting, and start using them immediately
MEET THE PRACTICAL CHAPLAIN
Rev. Paulette A. McPherson, MA, MDiv, DMin(c), BCC
BOARD CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN · CERTIFIED EDUCATOR CANDIDATE · EDUCATOR · AUTHOR
A Board Certified Chaplain and Certified Educator Candidate who has served at the bedside, in the ICU, and at the end of life for more than a decade. She created the PEACE Spiritual Assessment Model to give chaplains a practical, documentation-ready framework for modern spiritual care.
FREE CLINICAL TOOLS FOR CHAPLAINCY
Practical resources you can use today.
No sign-up required. Every resource was developed through real clinical practice, not theory. Download, adapt for your setting, and start using them immediately
FREE CLINICAL TOOLS FOR CHAPLAINCY
Practical resources you can use today.
Every resource was developed through real clinical practice, not theory. Download, adapt for your setting, and start using them immediately.
Looking for more?
Explore our growing library of free templates, guides, checklists, and clinical resources created to support chaplains at every stage of their professional journey.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Strengthening chaplaincy. Advancing spiritual care.
Led by a practicing Board Certified Chaplain, The Practical Chaplain partners with healthcare organizations, chaplaincy departments, and institutional leaders to strengthen clinical practice, improve documentation, develop high-performing teams, and demonstrate the value of spiritual care across the organization.
Board Certified Chaplain (BCC)
CERTIFIED EDUCATOR CANDIDATE
DMin Strategic Leadership (c)
CREATOR, PEACE MODEL