CPE Stories: Finding Joy in Transitions Jayme Kokkonen she/her/hersMDiv Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a transformative inter-faith experience that allows divinity students to learn from spiritual practitioners about pastoral care through experiential learning in clinical pastoral settings–hospitals, congregations, and ministries. Jayme Kokkonen, a third-year MDiv student, shares her CPE experience and what it has taught […]
CPE Stories: Finding Joy in Transitions Hannah Johnsrud she/her/hersMDiv Where did you complete your Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)? I was in Washington State, which is my home state, at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup. What were the most prevalent types of care your CPE internship offered? Good Sam is a local suburban hospital that […]
Worldwide experience, personal connections lead Megan Mong to LSTC Megan Mong’s call to ministry came in high school, increased through college, and peaked after her return from Jerusalem and the West Bank. Mong, a first-year MDiv student, said she first felt stirred to ministry during high school in Salina, Kan., when she attended a Youth […]
Brooke Petersen on finding meaning in bivocational practice For Brooke Petersen (2006, MDiv), coming back to teach and serve as the director of the MDiv and MA programs and coordinator of candidacy at LSTC has been a full-circle experience. “There have long been questions deep in my heart that were made even more real in […]
