Religion and Politics

Used to Helping, a Chaplain Finds the Tables Turned

At The New York Times, James Dao profiles Lt. Col. Richard Brunk, an army chaplain who suffered two traumatic brain injuries in Iraq. Following family tradition, Brunk was inspired to become an army chaplain while talking to an Army chaplain recruiter in 1989. His injuries have caused him to “become depressed and increasingly isolated, searching for quiet enclaves in libraries or bookstores to escape the crowds,” Dao writes. 

Read at The New York Times

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