I have been asked from time to time to recommend resources for those who want to care for our veterans, especially those who are dealing with consequences from combat. Here are a few that I can recommend. Note these are not theological readings. They are written by professionals who have been studying soldiers and their [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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 [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009
My family and I had the opportunity to visit Florida to present a district workshop in Orlando. Thanks go out to Pastor Chris Bodley and Living Water Lutheran Church in Sanford, FL (just outside of Orlando). We had folks from several churches in the area, and the workshop went very well..thanks again to all who [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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 [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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 [...]
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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