WEBVTT 00:00.189 --> 00:02.356 Chaplaincy is important . Uh first and 00:02.356 --> 00:04.578 foremost , constitution , uh freedom of 00:04.578 --> 00:06.578 religion . And uh one of the things 00:06.578 --> 00:08.745 that I like about it too is the aspect 00:08.745 --> 00:10.911 of being a pastor and being one of the 00:10.911 --> 00:13.133 only ones in the dod , the only ones in 00:13.133 --> 00:14.800 the dod who have confidential 00:14.800 --> 00:17.309 communications . So a second half , 17 , 00:17.319 --> 00:20.760 30.9 alpha , whatever someone divulges 00:20.770 --> 00:23.049 to a chaplain stays between that person 00:23.239 --> 00:25.350 and the chaplain with no exceptions . 00:25.770 --> 00:27.937 Yes , partnership is important because 00:27.937 --> 00:30.048 we are working as chaplains , working 00:30.048 --> 00:31.603 with our African partners , 00:31.603 --> 00:33.770 particularly from this trip , from the 00:33.770 --> 00:35.937 sad nations . Some of the things we've 00:35.937 --> 00:37.992 been talking about is best , sharing 00:37.992 --> 00:39.659 best practices for counseling 00:39.810 --> 00:42.032 techniques , tactics and procedures for 00:42.130 --> 00:44.186 dealing with people with PTSD , post 00:44.186 --> 00:47.590 traumatic stress , uh post combat uh 00:47.599 --> 00:50.189 conflicts in the home , homicide , 00:50.200 --> 00:52.430 suicide threats to people's uh 00:52.439 --> 00:54.661 spiritual wellness . We've been talking 00:54.661 --> 00:57.290 about spiritual fitness . So for the 00:57.299 --> 01:00.020 seminary student , if you want true 01:00.029 --> 01:03.490 Incarnation Ministry , this is it . You 01:03.500 --> 01:05.830 get sent to a unit , you put on their 01:05.839 --> 01:08.379 uniform , you look like them , you talk 01:08.389 --> 01:10.819 like them , you , you assume you , you 01:10.830 --> 01:13.220 go native with them and you do ministry 01:13.230 --> 01:15.970 from within you , you dwell with them . 01:16.000 --> 01:17.778 If you're in the field , you're 01:17.778 --> 01:19.722 suffering in the field with them , 01:19.722 --> 01:21.833 you're reading the same Mres and that 01:21.833 --> 01:23.944 kind of relationship building is like 01:23.944 --> 01:26.167 nowhere else you're gonna be in austere 01:26.167 --> 01:28.167 environments preaching the gospel . 01:28.167 --> 01:30.389 You'll never compromise on your faith . 01:30.389 --> 01:32.556 I have to emphasize that with seminary 01:32.556 --> 01:32.480 students . It's not like the old Father 01:32.489 --> 01:34.656 Mulcahy where he's one chaplain , he's 01:34.656 --> 01:37.050 another religion . You represent your 01:37.260 --> 01:39.589 religious organization within the 01:39.599 --> 01:41.849 military . So there's no compromising 01:41.860 --> 01:44.027 on anyone's faith . The chaplain corps 01:44.027 --> 01:46.193 will never ask someone to deviate from 01:46.193 --> 01:48.471 their denomination , but you represent . 01:48.699 --> 01:50.755 So in the Navy chaplain , cor you do 01:50.755 --> 01:52.921 four things you provide for your own , 01:53.089 --> 01:55.559 you facilitate for , for others , you 01:55.569 --> 01:57.919 care for all and then you advise the 01:57.930 --> 02:00.139 commander based on facts told you in 02:00.150 --> 02:02.489 confidence because honestly , people 02:02.500 --> 02:04.500 tell us some things that they would 02:04.500 --> 02:06.722 never in a million years , tell another 02:06.722 --> 02:08.944 officer , but they trust us and we , we 02:08.944 --> 02:11.111 guard that confidentiality and we were 02:11.111 --> 02:13.167 able to counsel from there . We help 02:13.167 --> 02:15.990 people cross that line of being kind of 02:16.000 --> 02:18.509 known to being fully known . And I 02:18.520 --> 02:20.940 think that's where true healing happens . 02:21.600 --> 02:23.839 If we remain 1% known , then we're not 02:23.850 --> 02:26.039 known . And so people walk around 02:26.050 --> 02:27.828 operating out of their wounds , 02:27.828 --> 02:29.883 operating out of that place of being 02:29.883 --> 02:32.050 not known . And in fact , it manifests 02:32.050 --> 02:33.828 in certain behaviors . So we as 02:33.828 --> 02:35.661 chaplains always look beyond the 02:35.661 --> 02:37.883 symptoms and we look at root causes the 02:37.883 --> 02:39.939 heart of every issue is the issue of 02:39.939 --> 02:42.106 the heart . That's what I love about , 02:42.106 --> 02:41.869 about being a navy chaplain . We get to 02:41.880 --> 02:43.991 go straight to the heart of the issue 02:43.991 --> 02:46.119 and , and move past all the behaviors 02:46.199 --> 02:49.770 and all the manifestations . My 02:49.779 --> 02:51.890 favorite thing about being a chaplain 02:51.890 --> 02:54.229 is helping people cross that line from 02:54.240 --> 02:57.000 being 99% known to being fully known . 02:57.440 --> 02:59.718 And I know once people cross that line , 02:59.718 --> 03:01.940 regardless of their rank , I don't care 03:01.940 --> 03:03.884 if they're e 1 to 0 10 . Once they 03:03.884 --> 03:06.000 cross that line , that's when they 03:06.009 --> 03:08.120 experience healing . That's when they 03:08.120 --> 03:11.000 experience salvation in that phase two 03:11.009 --> 03:13.176 sanctification . That that's when they 03:13.176 --> 03:15.231 experience true freedom . And it's a 03:15.231 --> 03:17.453 force multiplier because then they come 03:17.453 --> 03:19.620 back to work and then they're way more 03:19.620 --> 03:21.620 productive . They , they can see in 03:21.620 --> 03:23.565 living color . Um And I get to sit 03:23.565 --> 03:25.676 there in the chair and just be like , 03:25.676 --> 03:27.787 be be ears , no magic or anything . I 03:27.787 --> 03:29.787 just get to listen to them . What , 03:29.787 --> 03:31.898 what I love about being a chaplain is 03:31.898 --> 03:34.120 we get to look at people holistically . 03:34.120 --> 03:36.449 So we are made of bio psychosocial , 03:36.460 --> 03:40.279 spiritual and uh that's spiritual 03:40.289 --> 03:43.289 fitness is that fourth aspect , you can 03:43.300 --> 03:45.411 be physically fit . I can bench press 03:45.411 --> 03:47.419 £400 . But if I don't know how to 03:47.429 --> 03:49.610 forgive spiritual fitness and I'm not 03:49.619 --> 03:52.139 totally fit and what I love about what 03:52.149 --> 03:54.205 General Langley has done , he's made 03:54.205 --> 03:56.205 spiritual fitness , his new line of 03:56.205 --> 03:58.427 effort . So I operate in that , in that 03:58.427 --> 04:00.750 realm alongside a team of doctors , 04:00.759 --> 04:02.869 psychologists , social workers , 04:02.880 --> 04:05.429 licensed clinical social workers . And 04:05.440 --> 04:08.710 we provide the spiritual aspect and 04:08.720 --> 04:11.050 spiritual readiness is the north star 04:11.059 --> 04:13.281 of the Chaplain corps . That's , that's 04:13.281 --> 04:15.460 why , that's why we exist . And that's 04:15.470 --> 04:17.980 what I personally love about being a 04:17.989 --> 04:21.149 chaplain . We we get confidentiality 04:21.160 --> 04:23.250 like no one else does . We are not 04:23.260 --> 04:25.750 mandated to report anything . So , so 04:25.760 --> 04:28.769 with that , I get , I help people cross 04:28.779 --> 04:32.769 that line of being 99% known to 04:32.779 --> 04:34.980 being fully known . And that is where 04:34.989 --> 04:38.130 healing happens until people cross that 04:38.140 --> 04:41.070 line of being fully known , they will 04:41.079 --> 04:44.299 continue to operate out of our wounds . 04:45.089 --> 04:46.978 If a person crosses that line and 04:46.978 --> 04:49.033 experiences healing , then they'll , 04:49.033 --> 04:51.670 they'll live out of a place of healing 04:51.929 --> 04:54.151 and it doesn't matter what rank someone 04:54.151 --> 04:58.059 is , they can be E 1 to 0 10 . If 04:58.070 --> 05:00.237 they , if they operate out of fear and 05:00.237 --> 05:03.089 shame and guilt , it , it stifles their 05:03.100 --> 05:06.320 productivity . So as a chaplain sitting 05:06.329 --> 05:08.218 in a room with someone in , in my 05:08.218 --> 05:09.940 personal , I'm endorsed by the 05:09.940 --> 05:12.162 coalition of Spirit Fill churches , I'm 05:12.162 --> 05:14.218 an account from , from the aspect of 05:14.218 --> 05:16.162 the Bible and not compromise on my 05:16.162 --> 05:15.720 faith at all . I'm not paid to 05:15.730 --> 05:18.063 compromise on my religious organization . 05:18.063 --> 05:20.410 I sit there , I listen , I'm giving , 05:20.660 --> 05:23.700 uh I'm listening non judgmentally and 05:23.709 --> 05:26.940 then giving biblical advice . And but 05:26.950 --> 05:29.910 for the most part , not judging someone 05:29.920 --> 05:32.630 gets to confess what's really going 05:32.640 --> 05:35.869 down inside and experience that healing 05:36.299 --> 05:38.410 and then they become more spiritually 05:38.410 --> 05:41.450 fit . The spiritual reps is confession 05:41.820 --> 05:43.653 and repentance in the myth , the 05:43.653 --> 05:45.820 community . I'm just , I'm honored and 05:45.820 --> 05:47.931 privileged to be a part of that . And 05:47.931 --> 05:49.764 that's what I love about being a 05:49.764 --> 05:48.570 chaplain .