Posts belonging to Category Military
Posted by David on September 2, 2010
It has happened many times, where a fellow UU or a ministerial colleague takes me aside and asks me if this military chaplaincy “thing” is really something I want to do. When I explore it with them, where their anxiety is coming from, it almost always centers around their concern for my safety. Sometimes it [...]
Categories: Military, Ministry
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Tags: Afghanistan, chaplain, Dale Goetz, faith, Military, military chaplain, military chaplaincy, Ministry
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Posted by David on July 24, 2010
Many of you know that I recently went through a time of liminality and discernment about the path toward practicing my ministry, sparked by the military choosing to offer me Reserve Military Chaplaincy instead of Active Duty. There have been many interesting and amazing aspects of that time of liminality and discernment, and I will [...]
Categories: General Assembly, Military, Ministry, Social Engagement
| Tags: boundaries, call, call to ministry, deployment, divine call, justice, liberal, liberal faith, military chaplain, Ministry, self-care, unitairan, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalism, UU, UU Military
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Posted by David on July 7, 2010
I was reading through the stories on Military.com this evening, and came across a story on the young soldier, now facing a court martial, who leaked classified information to Wikileaks.com. The story made me sad in so many ways… sad that this young man felt he had to do this, sad that he felt so [...]
Categories: Interfaith, Military, Ministry, Religious Freedom
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Posted by David on June 27, 2010
My discomfort with the framing of the debate around boycotting Arizona, my accessionnig as a Military Chaplain, and the Ware Lecture by Winona LaDuke
Categories: General Assembly, Military, Ministry, Prophetic Voice, Social Engagement, Turnings, UU Movement
| Tags: accessioning, activism, bless all who serve, Boycott Arizona, chaplain accession, David Pyle, General Assembly, justice, liberal faith, military chaplain, Ministry, politics, religion, unitairan, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalism, Universalist, UU, UU Military, UU military meditation, UU Principles, Ware Lecture, Winona LaDuke
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Posted by David on June 21, 2010
As I move out of my space of liminality and into the ministries I will carry in the coming year, the expeirence of intentional creative not-knowing has been incredible.
Categories: Military, Ministry, Turnings
| Tags: David Pyle, liberal faith, Military, military chaplain, Ministry, mission, religion, unitairan, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalism, UU, UU Military
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Posted by David on June 19, 2010
The committment to remain open on the issues before this General assembly, and why I really go to GA…
Categories: General Assembly, Military, Ministry, Social Engagement, UU Movement
| Tags: activism, Christian, faith, GA, General Assembly, justice, liberal, Military, military chaplain, Ministry, peacemaking, Statement of Conscience, unitairan, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalist, UU, UU Military
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Posted by David on May 30, 2010
Did our nation make the shift from Decoration Day as a National Day of Mourning to the Celebration of Memorial Day to protect us from seeing the true costs of war?
Categories: Military, Ministry, Patriotism, Prophetic Voice, Social Engagement
| Tags: decoration day, faith, justice, liberal faith, memoral day, memorial day sermon, Military, military chaplain, Prophetic Voice, sermon, soldier, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU Military, Veteran's Day, war
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Posted by David on May 23, 2010
Why I may not be becoming an Army Chaplain anytime soon, and thanks to all of the friends and collegues who have sent us support over the last week or so.
Categories: Military, Ministry, Patriotism, Turnings
| Tags: justice, Military, military chaplain, Ministry, mission, soldier, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Universalist, UU Military
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Posted by David on May 1, 2010
1. Telling the stories about our military service helps, but we veterans are taught that it does not.
Almost every program for helping veterans come to terms with their military service is based upon learning to tell our stories, and yet the model of the veteran in our society is one of silence. Veterans have a [...]
Categories: Care of the Soul, Military, Ministry
| Tags: active listening, airman, debriefing, family, listen, listening, Marine, sailor, soldier, story, tell, veteran, veterans, war story, warstory
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Posted by David on March 21, 2010
This weekend I am writing several of the essays to move me toward becoming a U.S. Army Chaplain. Yesterday I posted my essay to the U.S. Army. Today I post the draft of my essay to the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. I look forward to the thoughts and feedback of any of the denziens of the Celestial Lands [...]
Categories: Military, Ministry, Social Engagement, Turnings, UU Movement, theology
| Tags: committee on military ministry, Military, military chaplain, Ministry, Unitairan Universalist, Unitarian, Universalist, UU, UU military chaplain, UUA
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