Chaplains

in war


• blogs from downrange

  1. •award-winning articles

  2. •interview on NPR’s Interfaith Voices

Videos

  1. •‘Baptism under fire’

  2. •‘Supporting the Support Troops’

  3. •‘A Different Kind of Mission’

  4. •‘Ministry of Presence’

  5. •‘Pastor on Patrol’

  6. •‘Trauma Ministry’


Chaplains

on war

            Video interviews

  1. •Army Chief of Chaplains Doug Carver on Abu Ghraib

  2. •Chapl. Tom Waynick on how to welcome returning troops

  3. •Chapl. Tom Waynick on some of the difficulties combat vets face

  4. •Chapl. Tom Dyer on being the Army’s first Buddhist chaplain (note: use back button on browser after viewing ~ this is part of a ‘frozen’ file)

  5. •Chapl. Tom Dyer:   Buddhist chaplain - Christian troops      

  6. •Chapl. Tom Dyer on becoming a Buddhist chaplain                    (note: use back button on browser after viewing ~ this is part of a ‘frozen’ file) 

Military

life


  1. •notes from downrange

  2. •from military to security

  3. •on being a Gold Star daughter


Video shorts


  1. •on suicide watch in  Baghdad

  2. •a son awaits his dad (‘Brian’s Home Movie’)

  3. •coming home to Camp Lejeune

  4. •homecoming: expectations and realities

  5. •a Gold Star family remembers (‘I Remember’)

  6. •humor lifts spirits in the E.R. (‘I Love Boys’)

  7. •shorts on ‘Discussion Matters’


Religion

and war

  1. •a Buddhist speaks about waging war

  2. •an atheist writes from the foxhole

  3. •a Catholic chaplain struggles


About the chaplaincy


  1. •clergy in military uniform

  2. •past and present challenges

  3. •growing pluralism in the ranks

  4. •some additional resources


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Food for thought


  1. •post screening discussions, from Church-State First Amendment issues to chaplains and Abu Ghraib

  2. •Christian rock concerts on military bases -- should tax dollars sponsor them?

  3. •can there be such a thing as a humanist chaplain?

  4. •a move afoot to have one insignia for all chaplains

  5. •Australian school chaplains face similar issues as US military chaplains