Adapted from a message given at the 2024 ACBC Annual Pre-conference by Pastor Nathan Currey, ACBC Fellow I can tell you from personal experience that sickness and suffering have done more to grow my hope in Christ than anything else. In 2015, we started hearing from our daughter Rebekah that she was having stomach pain, […]

by George Dyson, Navy Chaplain, ACBC Counselor A few months ago, a young service member stepped into my office requesting time with the chaplain. After recounting his grievances, he was visibly shaken and concluded, "I can’t take it anymore… I’m done!" "Done with what?" I probed, "With life?"  "No, nothing like that," the young man […]

Fallen Soldiers Ministries has been approached by Navy Seal Team members to write for FSM's Quarterly Newsletter when inspired, time allows and anonymity is protected. They will use the pseudonym "The Chief".  This is their fourth contribution and we look forward to their future contributions. by "The Chief"  One of the main issues I see […]

Fallen Soldiers Ministries has been approached by Navy Seal Team members to write for FSM's Quarterly Newsletter when inspired, time allows and anonymity is protected. They will use the pseudonym "The Chief". This is the third consecutive contribution sharing their unique perspectives. by The Chief The deployment wasn’t my first into foreign lands, but the […]

Freud to Skinner to Jesus: Exodus! Movement of Army Behavioral Science Specialist to ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor by Charla Echlin, Army Veteran, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor As I sit and write this article, memories carry me back many years to my ten-year-old self when I first heard the word "psychiatrist." The embodiment was "Marlena," a […]

by Janice Del Valle, USAF Veteran, FSM ACBC Phase III Candidate While serving in the US Air Force intelligence unit, we received a directive in October 2011 to review all of our training programs. The point was to ensure that nothing could be construed as derogatory toward any religion. My unit trained new military intelligence […]