US House chaplain criticises lawmakers in prayer for “failing” to unite around pandemic relief
Washington DC, USRNS The chaplain to the US House of Representatives chastised lawmakers during a prayer on Wednesday, asking God to “forgive them” for failing to unite around pandemic relief legislation. Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister who assumed the role of House chaplain in January, included the criticism in her […]
Faith in a crisis: How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged US Capitol with prayers for “God’s covering”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, chaplain to the US House of Representatives, about those tumultuous hours in the US Capitol last week…
US first – Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben named as first woman to serve as House chaplain
RNS A longtime military officer and minister has been named the new chaplain of the US House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben. PICTURE: United States Navy /Creative Commons Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben will be the first woman to serve as chaplain of either chamber […]