“Ministry can take many shapes. Some chaplains work in a chapel environment. Some chaplains never preach from behind a pulpit. They might serve communion from the tailgate of a Hummer or a truck….” ~ Military Ministry: Chaplains in the Twenty-First Century (page 187) There hadn’t been a chaplain at the small FOB during the three years …
The Shape of Chaplain Ministry
Some chaplains work in a chapel environment. Some chaplains never preach from behind a pulpit. They might serve communion from the tailgate of a Hummer or a truck....
Top Ways to Succeed as a Chaplain: Family First
How chaplains manage their personal lives is crucial. Linzey and his co-authors list the top 10 ways a chaplain can succeed in their personal life.
Top Ways to Succeed as a Chaplain: Balancing Life
The personal life of a chaplain cannot be understated. How you manage your personal life is crucial. Linzey and his co-authors list the top 10 ways a chaplain can succeed in their personal life.
Top Ways to Succeed as a Chaplain: Keep Your Promises
The personal life of a chaplain cannot be understated. How you manage your personal life is crucial. Linzey and his co-authors list the top 10 ways a chaplain can succeed in their personal life.
Pluralism: Differences in Church Ministry and Chaplaincy
In many ways our culture has lost a common sense of mutual respect. Sometimes chaplains tend to shape their ministry about their own gifts and talents.
Thank You For Being My Chaplain Too
Pluralism is foundational, yet it is one of the more difficult issues for many chaplain candidates, chaplains, and even some endorsers to understand and discuss because we’re accustomed to working and ministering in a local congregation where almost everyone we interact with is from our own denomination, with identical doctrine and similar worship style.
Do You Need a Mentor?
One of the ways to avoid getting into trouble is to establish accountability measures and allow key people in your life to hold you answerable for what is morally right, and what is helpful in your career. It is important to establish professional and spiritual mentoring relationships. We all need someone we can turn to …
Driving Up the Mountain
I was a chaplain with an infantry battalion that was conducting field exercises in Yakima, Washington. While visiting our soldiers at remote locations, I asked my Chaplain Assistant if he would go up and over the mountain instead of taking the road around it. He agreed, but soon stopped and said he couldn’t go further …
Funeral for a Clock
After I completed the Army Chaplain Basic Course, my first assignment was with a medical unit. While participating in a field training exercise at Camp Parks in California, it was hot, with temperatures over 110 degrees. I met with the First Sergeant one day, and he told me that one of his Soldiers died. When …
Military Chaplain Guide 