My Interview With Inside Your Head Podcast on Grief and Loss
In my yesterday (Oct 17) I referenced an interview I did with an English-based podcast, Inside Your Head, that’s dedicated to mental health. The host, Henry Hyde, is mostly […]
No, Mr. President, There Isn’t A Religious Freedom Problem In The Military
US Army chaplain visits a simulated casualty during a training exercise. My Twitter feed lit up a bit recently when this story aired on CNN, regarding comments by US […]
More Religions To Be Recognized In US Military
This piece in the Religion News Service received some modest attention among the US national security (NatSec) people I follow on Twitter. The US Department of Defence has “announced a […]
Faith At The Fort: Garrison Religion In Toronto In The 1800s
It’s been very quiet here since Christmas. In my spare time, when not working or helping my wife’s battle with cancer, I’ve been focusing on my hobbies, which are described […]
A Sermon For Remembrance Sunday, 2015
Preached at Trinity Anglican Church, Barrie, Ontario, on Sunday, November 8, 2015 Readings for this Sunday: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Psalm 127; Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44 It`s a great pleasure to […]
Book Review, Redeployment by Phil Klay
Redeployment by Phil Klay (Penguin 2014) Redeployment may be the strongest and most literary work of fiction to have emerged from America’s recent wars, deserving comparison with Kevin Powers’ The […]
Notable Quotable: Tim O’Brien on War
I heard these word’s being read yesterday by Garrison Keillor on his radio feature, Writer’s Almanac, and GK’s distinctive gravelly baritone seemed perfect for this passage. The author is Tim O’Brien, […]
The Christian Century on PTSD as Moral Injury
The June 2015 issue of Christianity Today features a cover story by Annalaura Montgomery Chuang entitled “War Torn: PTSD Is Not Just A Trauma Of The Mind But Trauma […]
Incarnational Ministry In A “Suicide Wagon”: A British Army Padre’s Story Of Afghanistan
During my time working with the staff of British Army Training Unit Suffield, I was fortunate to get to know many fine padres from the UK’s Royal Army Chaplain’s […]
Book Review: Military Chaplaincy in Contention: Chaplains, Churches and the Morality of Conflict
This review was written earlier this year and appears in the Advent/Christmas edition of the Newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, Royal Canadian Chaplain Service. MP+ Military Chaplaincy in Contention: […]