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Hello, I am Jason Hotchkiss, a board-certified chaplain at Mission Healthcare, and wellness researcher and psychology faculty at Cornerstone University.  Grateful for mentorship at 3crosses church in Castro Valley, as pastor of care and technology from 2004-10, I completed my seminary education in counseling in 2006. With an aim to deepen my clinical skills and integrate wellness with faith, I completed clinical pastoral education (CPE) in 2011 and received my doctorate in psychology at Argosy University in 2014.  My areas of expertise and research interests include spiritual care, well-being, compassion satisfaction, mindfulness, self-care, and optimal functioning among healthcare and other helping professionals.

This recent growth experience for me followed a period of low self-care and the need for major back surgery. It was then that I started embracing and researching mindfulness and self-care while applying my expertise in wellness.  Some of my favorite self-care rituals are daily meditations, morning smoothies, spiritual cinema, swimming, faith community, and coaching basketball with the Junior Warriors.

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But, most importantly, I love spending evenings and weekends with my family. Though I practice as an interfaith chaplain in healthcare, I am also an ordained pastor from the Judeo-Christian tradition. I am open-hearted, evangelical and I serve weekends at Bay Area churches and am available to you for preaching, teaching, and other speaking engagements.

Another of my most treasured aspects of ministry are people, and their ordinary, but then sometimes, incredible stories of humanity. When I was teaching on The Compassionate Life, Dorothy Calvin, the treasurer and a long-time rock at Grace Community Church agreed to share about her compassionate connection with Corretta King, wife of MLK Jr. When we are open to the pain of others, we can come alongside them. Notice Corretta’s gratitude for Dorothy and Allen Calvin providing care and protection for her family in their time of grief. May my teaching and Dorothy’s incredible story be a blessing to you.

Here are a few of my additional teachings in audio format to inspire and encourage you.

Jason Hotchkiss

Board-Certified Chaplain, jhotchkiss@missionhh.com

Faculty and Research Psychologist, jason.hotchkiss@cornerstone.edu