{"id":37274,"date":"2020-11-11T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37274"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:43:29","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-nathan-didlake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-nathan-didlake\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 Nathan Didlake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nathan Didlake<\/strong>\u00a0is a pastor and police chaplain. Daily, he provides what many call \u201cthe ministry of presence\u201d to his community. Other than his religious text (the Bible), here are the essentials he brings along.<\/p>\n

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About the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

My bag is a cheapo\u00a0AmazonBasics Laptop bag<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($17)<\/strong>. I purchased the 15.6in version to accommodate my macbook, mostly because it was cost effective. But here we are, five years later, it\u2019s still rocking my daily carry.<\/p>\n

What’s inside the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psychological Triage & Critical Incident Quick Reference Cards<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($11)<\/strong>
\nAs a police chaplain, I get the privilege of entering into crisis scenes where people have just experienced some form of trauma. My job is more than to sit and be a comfort: it\u2019s to stabilize the person during their distress by helping them feel an immediate sense of safety and by helping them understand that what they\u2019re feeling is completely normal for people who have experienced stress on that level. Before entering a scene, I thumb through these cards to remind myself of the highlights.<\/p>\n

Rode SmartLav+ Lavalier Condenser Microphone<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($79)<\/strong>
\nPart of being a chaplain and a pastor is the privilege of speaking into lives during some of their greatest celebrations, transitions, and memorials. Many times, people want a token of the experience\u2026 in the form of some audio or video archive. I had consistently found that recording high-quality audio was next to impossible, so I found a way to do it myself\u2026 on the fly. This device plugs right into my phone and provides near-studio quality audio\u2026 which is a meaningful way for me to help a person further, when they are wishing to remember a wedding, funeral, or celebration.<\/p>\n

64Audio In-Ear Monitors<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($1300)<\/strong>
\nLeading people in religious services oftentimes includes needing to hear what you\u2019re doing, especially if the room or field in which you\u2019re leading seems to dissipate sound. So I purchased some 64 Audio In-Ear microphones to help with in-ear monitoring. The ones I have aren\u2019t the exact ones they sell now, but these are the best in-ear monitors I\u2019ve ever heard.<\/p>\n

Fountain Pen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($63)<\/strong>
\nMy wrists are (basically) pre-carpal tunnel, so I needed to find a way to jot down thoughts while putting as little strain on my wrists as possible. This fountain pen was custom made from a congregant who wanted to say thanks. It\u2019s also the finest pen I\u2019ve ever used. I highly recommend learning to use and maintain a fountain pen, if writing by hand is something you enjoy (or need to do) \u2026 all while caring for wrists that are sensitive to stress.<\/p>\n

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What’s in my bag? issue #75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37276,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37274\/revisions\/37276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}