{"id":23719,"date":"2013-07-01T01:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T04:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=23719"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:21:18","slug":"chaplains-equipped-for-ministry-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/01\/chaplains-equipped-for-ministry-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplains Equipped for Ministry and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much like the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/28\/navy-chief-chaplain-delivers-nightly-prayer\/\">recent comments<\/a> from the Chief of Navy Chaplains, US Army Chaplain Col Dallas Speight recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/104564\/Chaplains_qualified_to_provide_more_than_spiritual_guidance\/\">spoke on the chaplain&#8217;s role<\/a>, and made a point of emphasizing their ability to help in sexual assault:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Most people know that chaplains provide for the religious needs of Soldiers and their families, irrespective of religious <!--more-->or faith background.<\/p>\n<p>But they also are available to assist Soldiers and families with a variety of secular problems as well.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if a Soldier has been the victim of a sexual assault or harassment, or has had suicidal thoughts, chaplains are one of the first persons that Soldiers can turn to for help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chaplains are trained in their faith traditions, to be sure, but they&#8217;re also highly trained in pastoral care and in dealing with crises, even if that means working with medical or mental specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Need help?\u00a0 As the chaplain points out, all you have to do is ask.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much like the recent comments from the Chief of Navy Chaplains, US Army Chaplain Col Dallas Speight recently spoke on the chaplain&#8217;s role, and made a point of emphasizing their ability to help in sexual assault: Most people know that chaplains provide for the religious needs of Soldiers and their families, irrespective of religious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[88,5284,4087,4086,2,36],"class_list":["post-23719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-army","tag-chaplain","tag-dallas-speight","tag-dalls-speight","tag-military","tag-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}