Last month, my Air National Guard colleague, Chaplain Mike Beyer, jokingly asked me, “How did you become an Air Force...
I was raised by a Southern Baptist pastor who could spin some dramatic sermons about hell. In his oratories, he often used...
During my more than 20 years of preaching, I can recall at least three people who threatened to drop out of my church or chapel...
In the aftermath of most tragedies, like the bombing of the Boston Marathon, civil authorities often focus on improving the...
As a VA hospital chaplain, I begin most weekday mornings by visiting patients with critical diagnoses such as cancer, cardiac...
People have asked me some funny questions, but I was taken aback recently when a fellow church parishioner asked me about my work...
If you’ve experienced a major loss in your life, you’ve probably had people say to you, “I’m so sorry. I...
When people ask me what the most important lesson I’ve learned from hospital chaplaincy, I say, “Don’t...
Whoever said, “Dead men don't tell tales,” wasn't sitting in my Stockton, Calif., pastor's office 25 years...
Twenty-seven years ago, I was a newly minted Air Force chaplain when I asked my mentor, Chaplain Maj. Ron Kelling, to name the...
