Mare Training: developing skills to serve seafarers
There is a lot to learn in welfare and wellbeing service to seafarers. It is a unique occupation that requires unique skills: listening, social service or pastoral care are harder for many of us than we would like to admit;
Never Too Old to Learn: Reconsidering an Old Method in Maritime Ministry
A short time ago, I read Virginia Hoel’s monograph, Faith, Fatherland and the Norwegian Seaman. The work of the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Antwerp and the Dutch Ports 1864-1920 (Verloren, 2016). This study provides us with a beautiful insight into the