On Loving One’s Enemies

Preached at the North Fort Hood Chapel, March 17, 2013. Matthew 5:38ff “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him…

Personal Courage

President Obama recently announced that he will bestow the Medal of Honor on Chaplain Emil Kapaun, who died as a Prisoner of War in the Korean Conflict. This is the citation: haplain Emil J. Kapaun, while assigned to Headquarters Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism, patriotism, and selfless service…

Finishing up at Fort Hood

The focus of the past week was our culminating CPX (Command Post Exercise). We moved into a large TOC (Tactical Operations Center), where we all had computers in front of a large central screen and smaller side screens (a budget version of NASA’s Mission Control).  Over the course of several days, we were given different…