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- Traditional Anglican priest and U.S. Army chaplain, recently returned from Iraq.
Posts by Fr. Daniel Sparks:
Chaplain Turner’s War
In January, reporter Moni Basu and photographer Curtis Compton began documenting life at war with Darren Turner, chaplain for the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart.
They traveled with him to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington while he was home on leave, then caught up with [...]
Sergeant lends ear to fellow Soldier, prevents suicide
FORT HOOD, Texas— Soldiers are called upon to fight against the continuing war on terrorism, but one Soldier had to fight a different battle last week when he helped a fellow Soldier who was in need of assistance.
The quick thinking of Sgt. Richard Lamas, a native of Bovina, Texas and an operations noncommissioned officer for [...]
Questioning my faithfulness to God’s call
[I originally wrote this reflection in April 2007 while deployed to Baghdad, Iraq. I had ministered to the casualties of another unit earlier in the day.]
9 April 2007
It is times like these that cause me to examine my faithfulness to God’s call. Am I living up to the standard of godliness for the vocation of [...]
Higher call to duty
Higher call to duty
Lawrence County native finds ‘rewarding’ work as Army chaplain in Iraq
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The Rev. Daniel Sparks recently returned from Iraq where he served as a chaplain. The pace was hectic, he said. Sparks said the danger became real to him quickly. But confirmation that God had put him [...]
A Man of God and War in Afghanistan
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A Man of God and War in Afghanistan
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(KABUL, Afghanistan) - When a Chaplain blesses the convoy you are about to head out on in war torn Afghanistan, and as Tim King reports, it brings a certain amount of serious thought to the mission that lies ahead.
IED’s, ambushes and flags at half-mast are the constant [...]
