Chaplains Report

Daryl S. Jeffers FrontLine • May/June 2009 On a beautiful summer day in 1996 I stood on the porch of the old terminal building at the Jimmy Stewart Municipal Airport in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and watched a challenging competition taking place between some highly skilled aviators. Another spectator observing the same contest saw my interest in…

Roger Rodriquez FrontLine • July/August 2006 I am reminded of Matthew 25:40, which reads, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” When our battalion was deployed to Afghanistan, little did I realize the remoteness of where we would be located. Our…

Gary Fisher It’s quiet. It’s early. My coffee is hot. The sky is black. The world is yet asleep. The day is coming, but the dawn is hours off. The calm of solitude in my morning drive will be replaced by the pounding feet of soldiers on a race to morning chow. They know they…

by Scott M. Bullock Have you heard about the Muslim imam, Buddhist monk, Jewish rabbi, Catholic priest, and Baptist pastor who all joined together for the same ministry class and coffee? An Open Minefield Does this sound like a joke opening, or does it describe a rare interfaith gathering? Possibly both, but where I serve…