Operation Barnabas

Lutheran Hour Continues Care For Our Armed Forces

The Lutheran Hour is reaching out to the troops around the globe via the American Forces Network (AFN). The radio program is titled “Bringing Christ to the Nations: The Lutheran Hour” and airs to a potential audience of 800,000 service personnel and their family members. If you or someone you know is in the armed [...]

Counterinsurgency

Another devotional thought from Chaplain Curt Cizek:

Counterinsurgency
Most of the wars that we’ve fought since World War II have had a degree of counterinsurgency to them. Counterinsurgency has been, far and away, the biggest portions of the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Insurgents capitalize on societal problems, often called gaps; counterinsurgency addresses closing the gaps. When the [...]

Another Day In Paradise…(devotion from Chaplain Curt Cizek, USAF)

Chaplain Curt Cizek is currently deployed to Camp Bucca, Iraq.

In most cultures it is polite to ask people that you pass in the street, “How are you?” I regularly ask the airmen, “How are things going?” Sometimes you get an honest answer but sometimes it brings out the smart alec in them. Once in awhile I’ll hear [...]