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Discussion with US Army Chaplain, Author of A Chaplain’s Battle: Transcending Powerlessness in an Explosive World Michael D. Jaques, Decorated U.S. Army Chaplain, Author of A Chaplain’s Battle: Transcending Powerlessness in an Explosive World U.S. Army Chaplain Michael Jaques: Different ways to express appreciation to a veteran
A MODEL
Last week we talked about realizing your power and accepting the limits of your power. The gist of it was that God gives you a certain amount of power to care for others in cooperation with what He is doing. When you lose the perspective that you are participating with God and put yourself in …
PATH TO BROKENNESS
Good morning, I’m Chaplain Michael Jaques, a chaplain in the US Army Reserve and at the VA. In our continuing discussion on powerlessness, we will look at some of the ideas of Rev. Charles Gerkin. Rev. Charles Gerkin was a pastoral care theologian and educator. He often addressed the issue of powerlessness. He described the …
Chapter 1: Receiving the Wounded
Good morning, I’m Chaplain Michael Jaques, a chaplain with the US Army Reserve and with the VA. Today I want to share chapter one of my book “A Chaplain’s Battle: Transcending Powerlessness in an Explosive World.” It is a story of an Army chaplain who works through his feelings of powerlessness to finally find resolution. …
YIELD
Good morning, I’m Chaplain Michael Jaques, a chaplain in the US Army Reserve and at the VA. Audio Stage Four This morning I want to focus on stage four of McClelland’s power orientation model. If you recall, we discussed the four stages in previous blogs…as well as focusing on getting stuck in stage three. The …
WHEN I AM WEAK THEN I AM STRONG
When I’m Weak I’m Strong Each time he said, “No. But I am with you; that is all you need. My power shows up best in weak people.” Now I am glad to boast about how weak I am; I am glad to be a living demonstration of Christ’s power, instead of showing off my own power …