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The Expected and Unexpected

TEXTBecause of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)In order for our brains to comprehend the massive amounts of data and stimuli we encounter on a daily basis, we place things into convenient categories. Two such categories are

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Bouncing Back From Unbeatable Obstacles

Thomas Edison was told as a kid, “You’re too stupid to learn anything.” Dr. Seuss was rejected by 27 publishers for his first book because they thought it was no good. But they didn’t quit. Sometimes life throws horrible stuff our way and we face all sorts of obstacles. Too often those crises have a way of driving us to our breaking point. How do

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Faith for the Uncertainties in an Extremely High Risk Military

“We train like we fight.” This is one of the most common phrases in the military today. We say it to remind ourselves often both physically and mentally. It’s in our minds before every training evolution. But are we really ready to face the unknowns or the reality of military trainings, such as stress, risks of injury and even death?Most military

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Shame vs. Honor

Shame is a big deal in our world today. How many times as a kid did you hear “Shame on you” but never “Shame off you?” Shame is something that sticks to us like honey. It affects how we see ourselves and how we relate to others around us. Shame says “You don’t matter” or “You are less valuable” or “He is a loser” or “She is a failure.” Shame

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Weeds

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. – Prov 4.23 (NIV)We live in base housing and in the middle of April we received a notice from the housing authorities that we needed to spruce up the flower beds in front of the house. Cleaning up the flower beds had been on the to do list for a couple weeks, but there always

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The Reality of Suicide

“Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.” – 1 Sam. 31:4b-5 (ESV)“There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.

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Your Best Life Story: Do You Have Clarity, Confidence, and Congruence?

IntroductionIn the diamond trade, the quality of the cut, color, and clarity define the value of the diamond. In life there are also Three Cs: Clarity, Confidence and Congruence. In what follows, I will unpack what it means to live according to these Three Cs.When I start a writing project, I think I know where I want to go. The end result is

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The Value of Hope

In early August 1950, American and Republic of Korea troops established the Pusan Perimeter. Bevin Alexander’s Korea: The First War We Lost details how our troops held that land for about the next month and a half until the historic amphibious landing at Inchon (Sept. 15-16, 1950).Can you imagine the hope that was brimming within our troops at the

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But Why Do Bad Things Happen

One thing I have noticed in my time as a chaplain, and in life, is that no one seems to escape tragedy, stress or depression. Why is this? Why do bad things happen to those who don’t seem to deserve it? What a great question. The only way I can answer this is from my theological perspective as a Christian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of

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Tension

The right kind of tension handled well makes us stronger people, but tension handled in a way that doesn’t fit can be bad for us. For example, you might own a half-ton pickup truck rated at an 8,000 pound towing capacity. You need to pull 11,000 pounds. You know if you use your truck it would cause a too much tension that would strain it, and maybe

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Camp Lejeune News

The Expected and Unexpected

Bouncing Back From Unbeatable Obstacles

Faith for the Uncertainties in an Extremely High Risk Military

Shame vs. Honor

Weeds

The Reality of Suicide

Your Best Life Story: Do You Have Clarity, Confidence, and Congruence?

The Value of Hope

But Why Do Bad Things Happen

Tension