his own spiritual health and practices. Second, by intentionally seeking opportunities to exercise patience: sit with someone “wasting time” as he waits at the pharmacy for a prescription; find someone in the organization who you observe has a boring job and commit to tag along with him for an hour. This may crush the spirit of the task-oriented chaplain, yet it also invites the Holy Spirit to do what the chaplain cannot do. By God’s grace, I developed spiritual practices to help me focus on God’s