Senate Takes Needed Money from Troops to Fund Pet Projects

First things first, you can find the full article from the Washington Times here.
I try to avoid talking politics on here unless it relates to issues of military, morality, or theology. This is one report that definitely needs to be read and it should make any clear headed person furious at some of the outright [...]

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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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President Obama Picks a Church- Chaplain is a Southern Baptist and graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I found this news to be interesting for a couple of reasons: 1. Obama is choosing to worship under a military Chaplain, and 2. the CH is a Southern Baptist and a graduate of the institution I am currently attending, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The article, originally published in Time, uses the opportunity to take [...]

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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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Struggling to Find a Routine

Well, I’ve been back home for almost two weeks now. There is definitely not as much to post about since I finished CHBOLC.
I have been struggling to catch up with my seminary classes and get back into a routine of daily reading and study. I also decided to drop a class. I was taking 12 [...]

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