I am a Chaplain Candidate in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. I am a 1st Lieutenant, but I was enlisted for five years before I earned my commission in March of 2007. I am attending Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and working on my Master of Divinity (M.Div) degree. I attended the Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Jackson, SC in the summer of 2008. When I finish seminary, I plan on becoming an Active Duty Army Chaplain.
This blog, despite being slightly hijacked during Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, is mostly devoted to chronicling my experiences in the Army Chaplaincy. However, I will often post about theological issues, moral issues, technology, happenings in my life, and I will occasionally throw in a movie or music review. Since the Huckabee campaign, I have moved away from posting blatantly political things or endorsements. This is due to my position in the Army and the Army’s rule that I be relatively apolitical in public (the Army does not regulate my political views, they simply do not want me using my position of authority to directly infulence the political views of other soldiers).
I know that many of you who stumble upon this blog will be looking for information about CHBOLC. I hope that you will find the posts and pictures useful and that this blog can be a resource for you as you prepare for CHBOLC.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura
Picture of me at CHBOLC:
Caleb after the Fit to Win obstacle course at Fort Jackson, SC
I was expecting to find a portrait photo Caleb! Dig the stain glass.
CH CDT Caleb,
I recently received my commission at a 2LT in the TNARNG as a Chaplain Candidate. It seems that we have much in common as I am in the process of getting my M.Div as Mid America Baptist Seminary in Memphis. I was married on June 10, 2006 to the most beautiful woman in the world (no offense to anyone else) and will probably (hopefully) being doing CHBOLC next summer, all phases. Once I graduate from seminary, I am hoping to do active duty as well…
I would love to keep up with you, as hopefully we will be meeting next summer. my email addy is jec530@bellsouth.net. If you would like to call me, shoot me an email and I will provide it to you ( don’t want the whole world having my cell#).
I look forward to hearing from you soon and i will pray for your constantly.
Your Brother
2LT John Cook
I am 35 years old and will be starting my M.Div shortly. I am considering joining the ARNG to become a Chaplain Candidate. Any real person advice either of you would like to share? The process, the reality of the training, and anything else. I look forward to reading any posts.
Thanks
I came across your blog when searching for info on Mike Huckabee.
My husband is a U.S. Army chaplain as of July ‘06. While he was a chaplain candidate, I started a group for chaplain’s wives. Feel free to have your wife check it out. It’s small, but hopefully will grow as the word gets out.
Caleb,
I am looking for an e-mail address. I was wondering if you would tell your readers about our new Web site, MikeNews.com?
Thanks,
Lucas
I was unable to find contact information on your blog, so I am passing this on to you here:
http://huckabeemomentum.com/
We would like you to post about this.
Contact us if you have any questions.
Found your blog by clicking a tag from my blog. Were was the header picture taken.
Dee
SWBTS, ‘00
MDiv — Ethics, Chaplaincy
Hi friend! I am looking into going into the Chaplain side of the military…I had some questions for you, and hoping you could help me out. If you get some time, please e-mail me at mmontana4@gmail.com. Thanks, brother!
Hey Caleb, I came across your blog after looking up chbolc. I’m a chaplain candidate attending seminary in Virginia. I recieved my commission after being enlisted for 4 years. Hopefully I’ll be attending Chbolc next summer. Are you aware of any offers or programs that will pay for seminary. You can email me at jonathan.goldwire@gmail.com to discuss this some more. Thanks
Hello! My name is Jocelyn Green, I’m a former military wife and author of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives (Moody Publishers 2008). I wanted to tell you about the book so you could be aware of this new resource for the wives of your men. Visit http://www.faithdeployed.com for much more information.
The book was written by 15 military wives from every branch of service and has endorsements from many national military ministries. I hope you will help me get the word out about both the book and the Web site as we support the women who support our troops the most.
Respectfully,
Jocelyn
Caleb,
I don’t know if you remember me but we went to OBU together, I am in the process of becoming a CH candidate and I had some questions, shoot me an e mail if you are available!
thanks for your service
Griff
Hi Caleb,
I am a religion/philosophy sophmore at Oklahoma City University and feel called by God to enter the full-time ministry. I’m not sure exactly what type of ministry God is calling me towards, but I have had this strange desire to learn more about the military chaplaincy for the past year. I would love to talk with you about your call and experiences as an Army Chaplain. Please email me if you have a chance.
Your brother in Christ,
Jason Blakeburn