Friendship, Availability, Character, and Trust: F.A.C.T.

Building trust among the people in the command is essential for a chaplain who wants to be effective and successful, but it can be tricky. It is a known fact that people in the military will be watching their chaplain, and theyโ€™ll determine whether they trust you by what they see and hear. If they …

Big Enough to Love and Care

Americaโ€™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 …

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 …