Chaplains Corner

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another… Hebrews 10:24-25 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced that America has a loneliness...

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.Genesis 19:26 Recently, I visited my family’s coastal hometown in South Georgia and while there I stopped by my grandparents’ house. Over the years, I have driven by the house and looked at it, but I have not...

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 Currently in the Christian faith, we are in a season known as...

Philippians 3:13-14 “…I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize…” Happy New Year! Typically, around this time of year many set...

Hebrews 11:1 (King James Version) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The holiday season is upon us, and I have already overplayed the Temptations’ infamous gospel version of Silent Night! I have always loved this time of...

We are very quick to cancel people. Even celebrities that died long ago are not safe. Cancel culture is nothing new. There is a story about a man named Zacchaeus who lived in a Palestinian city called Jericho around 30 C.E. Zacchaeus was a wealthy tax collector; the...

By Lieutenant Commander R. Kamille Williams, U.S. Navy | September 19, 2022 “I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.” That is the last line of the Sailor’s Creed. The word creed is from the Latin word credo which means “I believe.” The Sailor’s...

Luke 14: 11 11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” If you’ve ever been on a ship, then you may know there is a space called the wardroom, or the officer’s mess. In the wardroom, typically there is one long...

Proverbs 18:21 (English Standard Version) “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Parents and guardians have the crucial responsibility of being the first prophets in the lives of children, especially in this age of...