This thought just scampered through my brain when I was replying to someone's email:

I'm settling in and really enjoying this, discovering that I like doing the chaplain thing a bit more than the pastor thing because I've got more opportunities to talk with more people about faith. Odd, huh? I think it has a lot to do with expectations: If I say "I'm a pastor" to someone, that seems to carry with it an expectation that I'm promoting myself or my particular institution or my faith ("Come to my church"). If I say "I'm the chaplain" that leaves the door open for most any kind of discussion about their spirituality and their faith ("Who is God to you?").