This year has been a most pivotal year for our ministry in many ways. The most eventful of which has undoubtedly been my retirement from the United
Grace in the Trenches: Considering Chaplain Ministry to the Armed Forces
Frequently I am asked to share my experience of the call to the Chaplain ministry. So I offer a recent letter I wrote to a young man. His identity is
03 February 1943: Remembering the Immortal Chaplains
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). "Four U.S. Army Chaplains gave up their life
The Chaplaincy and Total Institutions
[pullquote][/pullquote]The sociologist Erving Goffman wrote about the nature of prisons and nursing homes and found similarities. This is stated not
Grace in the Trenches: Chaplains on the Front Lines of the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The senior chaplain came to me for counseling, struggling with how he would face the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT). I put my hand on his
“LIVING THE DREAM, SIR!” Three Things that Keep Ministry (and the Military Chaplaincy) Moving Forward
I am on chaplain duty today. I am ministering at the US Army Chaplain Center and School. I came to instruct, to give my testimony of why I continue to