When the Reverend Comes Marching Home

For chaplains back from Iraq, a focus on the mundane

RNS' Adelle M. Banks explores the difficulties military chaplains encounter in transitioning to "normal" religious life after returning from Iraq, in this week's full text article, linked above.

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For military chaplains back from Iraq, the transition to ordinary ministry can be challenging.

They return from the horrors of war to answer questions about flowers and carpet in the sanctuaries they had left behind. Some rejoin their congregations, while others start new ones or move on to nonministerial positions.