Prayer Diary

Who knows how many hundreds have served as hospital chaplains during that time?

One of the current chaplains is Canon Darren Thornton. When pandemic struck, the university chaplaincy where he ministered closed overnight, so he offered himself as a hospital bank chaplain instead and, having worked in mental health chaplaincy years before, felt immediately at home. When a fulltime post came up, he applied, encouraged by colleagues who saw with clarity that God was calling Darren to join them. He loves it, deeply fulfilled in the task of bringing hope to the bedsides of the sick and dying. “It’s a privilege to bring something of God into desperate situations,” he says. “And it’s a great place to work – those doctors and nurses are miracle workers!”