Rev. Jan Thomas, MSW, is an Interfaith minister and Co-Director of the Chaplaincy Institute. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois and was ordained to Interfaith ministry through ChI. Previously she worked as a psychiatric social worker and social work supervisor, office manager, peace and environmental activist, program director, environmental educator, curriculum writer, media coordinator, editor and communications specialist. Rev. Thomas' ministry is dedicated to advancing a spiritual paradigm of Interfaith. As a seminary administrator, her focus is on ministerial formation, curriculum development and coordination, music and spirit, and growing ChI's website (which she edits). Her lifelong fascination with the sacred texts of the world's religions provides the grist for her monthly ChI website column. A longtime collector of sacred songs, she sings with the Threshold Choir, a national network of women's choirs that bring simple acapella music to the bedsides of those nearing life's end.
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