Posts by Gary Fisher
Hope in a Hurry
Hope—the word itself has such a positive reputation that there is no shortage of helpful quotations about it. In 1969 Hal Lindsey wrote The Late Great Planet Earth. Israel’s Six-Day War had provoked a renewed interest in prophecy, and Lindsey’s popular style made his book a sensational bestseller. Recent tensions in that region have helped…
Read MoreWho Needs Armor Anyway?
Gary T. Fisher At the time of the attacks of September 11th I, along with all the other chaplains of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, were in Charleston at a profession development conference. We all immediately began watching in disbelief what was happening on the TV screens— America had been attacked! Our lives and careers changed…
Read MoreA Military Mission Field
Gary Fisher I have a story that I think others may benefit from reading. It begins in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where I attended a religious school. I had attended this type of school since kindergarten. My teachers changed each year—and so did their interpretation of the Bible. As time passed this became very confusing to…
Read MoreI Am the Chaplain
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…
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