Author Archive
Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior
“Oh God, I’m dead!” Allen Clark graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1963. He volunteered for a tour in Vietnam where he sustained injuries in a mortar attack […]
Spiritual Fitness
The definition used by the military says that “spiritual fitness” is about core values, beliefs, and the source of one’s meaning in life. The U.S. Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program lists five […]
Launch Point: Starting a Movement
When Kennedy said, ‘Let’s go to the moon,’ we didn’t yet have a vehicle that wouldn’t kill you on launch. He said we’ll land a man on the moon in […]
Two Wars
A Chinook helicopter down. Surrounded by al-Qaeda. The ultimate fight for survival. Army Ranger hero, Nate Self tells the complete account of the battle he led in Afghanistan to rescue a […]
Commissioned
Christians who enter the military are under two commissions. You are commissioned by our Lord to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) and you are commissioned by the military to […]
Disregarded
You are a nobody. No one cares about you. Why should they? No one wants to know you. You don’t deserve the respect that others get. You are such a jerk. […]
She came for the food
She came for the food. She came because she was hungry. Life in the barracks offered a lot more flexibility than boot camp, but the food still left a lot […]
Faith Deployed … Again
Vision Check “When Rob and I married, we chose the hymn ‘Be Thou My Vision’ to be played while we lit our unity candle. I had always loved the lyrics, […]
What happened to my husband?
Lauren’s Journal… “Where is my husband? Who is this man that they sent home to me? There must be some mistake! I pick up the morning paper and read the […]
Jesus at the Laundromat
Bonnie, mother of three was visiting her daughter in Washington DC this spring. One day, helping her daughter out, she toted the laundry off to be washed. It was at […]