Essay: The US Navy needs more chaplains
All three US sea services want and need more chaplains, writes Rear Admiral GREGORY N TODD, chief of US Navy Chaplains. But, he says in an article published by Religion News Service, the recruiting deficit is extreme…
9/11 Museum acquires prayer bench used by Rev Mychal Judge
New York, USAP A prayer bench used by Rev Mychal Judge, a Fire Department chaplain killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 11th September, 2001, was driven to the New York area on Sunday to join the collection of the Sept 11 Memorial and Museum, museum officials said. The bench formerly […]
The Interview: Outgoing House chaplain says the job is to “be a counterpoint to the dominant spirit of this place”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Patrick Conroy about his 10 years as chaplain to the US House of Representatives…
Faith in a crisis: How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged US Capitol with prayers for “God’s covering”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, chaplain to the US House of Representatives, about those tumultuous hours in the US Capitol last week…
US first – Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben named as first woman to serve as House chaplain
RNS A longtime military officer and minister has been named the new chaplain of the US House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben. PICTURE: United States Navy /Creative Commons Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben will be the first woman to serve as chaplain of either chamber […]
Essay: After 75 years, a question about race haunts Truman’s calculation on Hiroshima
Rabbi A JAMES RUDIN, the American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, recalls – in an article first published on Religion News Service, his time serving as an Air Force chaplain in Japan in the 1960s and the question put to him by the Japanese during his time there…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘INDIVISIBLE’ AN “UPLIFTING STORY” OF FAITH, LOVE AND WAR
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Indivisible’, based on the true story of US Army Chaplain Darren Turner…
THE INTERVIEW: DARREN TURNER, THE REAL LIFE CHAPLAIN BEHIND ‘INDIVISIBLE’ MOVIE
New movie, ‘Indivisible’, tells the story of the struggles US Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife, Heather, faced after he was deployed to Iraq. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Turner about the stresses on military families, the roles of chaplains and coping with faith and doubt…
ESSAY: HOW DOES US CONGRESS HAVE CHAPLAINS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?
In an article first published on The Conversation, US scholars WENDY CADGE and LAURA R OLSON – following the controversy over the resignation of House chaplain Patrick Conroy – explain when the tradition of legislative prayer was started and how it has sustained…
CHAPLAINS: A “FRIEND TO ALL” AMID THE PRESSURES FACING DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL
In the latest in an occasional series looking at Christian chaplains, LAUREN MUSCAT speaks with Australian Defence Force chaplain Ralph Estherby about how he came to be in the job and its challenges and joys…