By Chaplain (Captain) Gloria Tyner

I arrived to Joint Base Balad, Iraq in March of 2008. My assignment was to be the hospital chaplain at the largest trauma center in the war zone.

By Chaplain (Captain) Gloria Tyner

I arrived to Joint Base Balad, Iraq in March of 2008. My assignment was to be the hospital chaplain at the largest trauma center in the war zone. While this is the largest trauma center in theater, please keep in mind that it is still a relatively small facility. Our mission is not to keep severely wounded patients here, but to treat and stabilize them so they can be transported to Germany for longer term care.

For thousands of years, cultures across the world used verbal storytelling to recount their history, entertain people, and to bring together society for a common purpose. In medieval and early modern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, the bard represented one of a caste of poets and scholars well known for their tales. In medieval Europe the bard was known as a minstrel and performed songs about history and distant places, some real and some created.

Kirk Walker has had a passion for coffee since he drank his first cup at age 14. His love for the brew has since led him to launch a business that is not only satisfying palates, but also creating ministry opportunities.

They look much like typical phone booths, but instead of facilitating 50-cent local calls the two stalls sitting in the heart of New York City are designed to help passers-by make free long-distance calls to heaven.

R. Lamar Vest Named President of American Bible Society

NEW YORK — The American Bible Society Board Chairman Dr. Dennis C. Dickerson announced that the Reverend Dr. R. Lamar Vest has accepted the Board of Trustees’ invitation to serve as the next president of the American Bible Society. Following a short period of transition, Dr. Vest will take on the full responsibilities as the American Bible Society’s next president beginning January 1, 2009.

NEW YORK — The American Bible Society Board Chairman Dr. Dennis C. Dickerson announced that the Reverend Dr. R. Lamar Vest has accepted the Board of Trustees’ invitation to serve as the next president of the American Bible Society. Following a short period of transition, Dr. Vest will take on the full responsibilities as the American Bible Society’s next president beginning January 1, 2009.

Dan Celia, national radio host of “FINANCIAL ISSUES”, author and Executive Director of The Regency Foundation, announces the debut of one of the nation’s leading financial programs on the Bott Radio Network which operates 75 full-power FM stations in the Midwest and California.

As the economy struggles the natural impulse is to cut back on spending and giving – especially among nonprofits.