Can military chaplains pray in Jesus's name?
Big Enough to Love and Care
America’s founders had experienced the abuses of political and religious powers in the European monarchies, so they attempted to create a new nation that prevented the duplication of those problems. That is why from the very beginning, the United States was not a monarchy, and there would be no official religion. Instead of kings who …
Losing My Faith By Serving Everyone?
Chaplains facilitate the free exercise of religion for all Service Members, regardless of their background.
Ten Steps to Success
My dad was a Sailor during WWII. After the war, he went to college and seminary while pastoring a church. He became a Navy chaplain when I was three months old and retired when I was in college. What this means is I had a pretty good idea what being a military chaplain would be …
Surviving Your First Year As a Chaplain
How can new military chaplains not just survive but thrive their first year?
Breaking Barriers
"Interestingly, although the chaplain has to be an ordained representative of an acknowledged faith group, the Chaplain Assistant does not have to be religious at all. We've worked with all kinds of Chaplain Assistants: religious and non-religious, Christian and non-Christian, ministry-minded and non-ministry-minded, personable and stand-offish, good and bad, male and female." ~ Military Ministry: …
One of the Best I Ever Served With
I've been fortunate to have some INCREDIBLE Chaplain Assistants/Religious Program Specialists!
Flavors of Ministry: Life as a Chaplain
I learned that ministry takes many different flavors and provides many different opportunities. It made bringing God to Soldiers and Soldiers to God easier!!!
Unexpected Partners
“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....
