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
Ministering Personally to Minister Pastorally
I am arriving at Fort Jackson this evening. Tomorrow morning I will join with the cadre at the United States Army Chaplain Center and School to give
A National Treasure: The Privilege to Minister at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Jackson, SC
Plutarch wrote, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire be kindled.” Sacred fires—keen minds—are being kindled at the US Army Chaplain
The Death of a Dictator, Kim Jong Il (1941-2011), and Miss Sadie’s Barber Chair Theology
As the reports came in of the death of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il, I was on chaplain duty at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In fact, I heard
A Zero Dark Thirty Faith
It's zero dark thirty—that means really, really early in the morning, in Army speak. I am sipping on a cup of McDonald's premium coffee, mercifully
“It’s a Growing Time”—Resting in God before Running in Ministry: A Convocation Message for the US Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Jackson, SC
Your need this Convocation. All of us do. Convocation is quite simply an assembly that has a purpose (though some convocation events that I have been