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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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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CHBOLC: Day 82 “All’s Quiet”

I am fairly confident that I will have very little to blog about this week as the classes we are taking right now are groaners. I never thought I would long for PowerPoint.
The classes we are doing right now are teaching us how to teach a Family Wellness Seminar. The curriculum is not very well [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 81 “Memorial Service Video from Capstone”

Today was completely uneventful in terms of what we did in class. Today and the rest of the week we are supposed to be getting certified in how to conduct a family wellness seminar. Well, if today was any indication, it is going to be a long and boring week.
So, I will share with you [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 80 “Staff Ride”

We went on a Staff Ride today that consisted of a stop at Charleston Air Force Base to observe a ramp ceremony on a C-17 and stopped and Forts Sumter and Moultrie. The ramp ceremony was conducted by the Air Force on their flight line and was well done. It was nice to get a [...]

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CHBOLC: Days 74-77 “Capstone”

We spent the last four and a half days at a make-shift FOB in the field here at Fort Jackson. Capstone was the culmination of the last three months of training. It was designed to be a practical exercise that allows us to take many of things that we have learned and try them out.
The [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 73 “Memorial and Graveside Services/Ceremonies”

Today was a nice break from the seemingly endless hours spent at the Chaplain School in class. This morning the entire class met at one of the chapels on post to observe (and in some cases, participate) how a Chaplain will conduct memorial and graveside services.
The staff and cadre did a great job of getting [...]

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