Premarital Counseling Tool Kit for Chaplains

I know, I know…I’m not a Chaplain yet. I am, however, ordained and have performed one wedding and expect that I will do a good number of them over the course of my ministry. I am always on the lookout for good resources to use and recommend to couples that I counsel. Thanks to the [...]

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Operation Worship: Free Bibles for Chaplains

I attend a Southern Baptist Convention seminary which means our campus bookstore is also a Lifeway store. I was in the store a couple of weeks ago to see if my textbook list for the semester had been released yet and I saw something that caught my eye. It was a small Bible decked out [...]

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Newsweek Critical of Overly Evangelical Chaplains

Wow. I could not believe the incredibly broad strokes that Kathryn Joyce, author of Newsweek article “Christian Soldiers,” used to paint evangelicals in the military chaplaincy. Let’s examine some of the issues that jumped out at me.
-Please note that my comments in this article are based on the Army Chaplaincy, I cannot speak for differences [...]

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Graduations and AT

In the last week and a half, I have attended three graduations. My sister graduated from high school and my two sister’s in law also graduated (one from HS and one from Oklahoma Baptist University, my alma mater). I am very proud of all of them and I hope to have some pictures to post [...]

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Chaplain Candidate Program: CAST (Area III)

This week I had the opportunity to attend my first CAST (Chaplain Annual Sustainment Training). In order to be able to attend CAST, I took all my finals last week. That was a lot of extra stress considering I did them all on one day and had about five days less to prepare for them, [...]

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Chaplain Candidate Program: Strong Bonds Marriage Retreat

Last weekend was arguably the highlight of the Chaplain Candidate program for me thus far (other than CHBOLC). The last few months I have had the privilege of being assigned to drill with aBN Chaplain so that I can learn by observing him and taking on some responsibilities myself. Our May drill was a Strong [...]

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Chaplain Candidate Program: Bearing Fruit

Last weekend was probably one of my last drills at a Recruit Sustainment Program unit for awhile. I am getting to move on to a unit where I will be working with a Chaplain. The change will be nice because I will get to see more of what a Chaplain does at an actual unit, [...]

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Chaplain Candidate Program: Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) Experiences

I haven’t updated this series of posts in awhile because there has not been that much to say since I finished CHBOLC last summer. My last drill was certainly an exception. Our state Chaplain, over the last year, has allowed candidates who have finished CHBOLC to go and drill at various RSP units throughout the [...]

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CHBOLC: The Final Post

Well, I made it through CHBOLC. I must say that it was a good summer. For the most part the training was good, but the highlight of the summer was the people that I met. The men of 1st Platoon were a lot of fun to be around and helped make the endless hours of [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 83 “Tomorrow is Friday”

Today was more of the same. We had class and watched a lot of people role play. I think it is humorous that even when you get a group of Chaplain’s together, a role play involving two guys being husband and wife still illicits giggles. I guess that is one reason I have a hard [...]

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