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- English
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About this book
Experience gripping wartime stories and honest prayers by this Camp David chaplain now serving in Iraq.
When words mean less and less, but money talks more and more; when blasphemy is a best seller, and eternal war has replaced hopeful diplomacy; in times like these is prayer even possible? Patrick J. McLaughlin thinks so. McLaughlin is an active duty Navy Chaplain who has ministered to heads of state and to soldiers living and dying in the heat of Iraq.
No Atheists in Foxholes assembles Chaplain McLaughlin's experiences and prayers from e-mails, private notes, and personal conversations that take us real-time into realms of duty and spirit: from the quiet darkness of his infant son's New England bedroom on September 11, 2001, to the bomshelled medical tents and blistered Army Humvees of Anbar Province. Chaplain McLaughlin believes that prayer is not only possible, but critical. "We must all learn to pray for peace, " he says, "and then become an answer to that prayer."
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- A TIME OF WAR
- WELCOME TO CAMP DAVID
- PRAYER IN TIMES OF WAR
- THE BEGINNING OF A WAR
- PRAYER FOR PEACE
- WELCOME TO IRAQ
- PRAYER FOR A FALLEN IRAQI SOLDIER
- THE REST OF THE STORY
- PRAYER FOR THE WORLD COMMUNITY
- A LESSON IN FAITH FROM A MUSLIM FATHER
- THOSE WHO SACRIFICE
- PRAYER FOR THE WILLING
- THATâS MY POLICY
- PRAYER FOR MILITARY CHILDREN
- THE MILITARY LIFE
- A SELF-CENTERED PRAYER
- PRAYER FOR MILITARY WIVES
- LETTER TO MY WIFE
- EVENING PRAYER FOR MY FAMILY
- COURAGE AND COMMITMENT
- PRAYER FOR MILITARY HUSBANDS
- PRAYER FOR PARENTS
- WAITING FOR A LOVED ONE: THE WAR MOTHERâS FLAG
- PRAYER FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
- PRAYER FOR THOSE MISSING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD
- THE BEST AMCROSS MESSAGE
- FELLOW WARRIORS
- PRAYER FOR VETERANS
- DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!
- PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SERVE BESIDE US
- PRAYER FOR PRISONERS OF WAR
- PRAYER FOR THOSE MISSING IN ACTION
- PAYING THE ULTIMATE PRICE
- DOG TAGS
- PRAYER FOR THOSE WAITING ON A LOVED ONE
- PRAYER FOR THOSE PAYING THE GREATEST PRICE
- A MARINE ANGEL
- PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE
- A PRAYER WHEN WORDS FAIL
- A SIDE OF THE STORY YOU WONâT SEE
- PRAYER FOR GODâS CONSTANT PRESENCE
- THE ARMED FORCES FAMILY
- PRAYER OF INDEBTEDNESS
- A TRADITION OF SERVICE
- PRAYER FOR THOSE CALLED TO SERVE
- FREEDOM OF THE WILL
- PRAYER FOR A MARINE
- RED BULL, GATORADE, AND MARLBOROS
- THE LOOK OF A CONVOY
- BLESSING FOR A CONVOY
- PRAYER FOR A SAILOR
- NAVY TRADITION
- PRAYER FOR A SOLDIER
- PRAYING WITH AN INJURED SOLDIER
- PRAYER FOR AN AIRMAN
- PRAYER FOR A COASTGUARDSMAN
- COASTIES
- PRAYER FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES
- THEYâRE NOT WEEKEND WARRIORS
- PRAYER FOR A FALLEN MARINE
- WHERE ANGELS TREAD
- A WARRIORâS PRAYER FOR PEACE
- THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESULTS OF THE ARMS RACE
- PRAYER FOR QUIET HEROES
- THE WALKING BLOOD BANK
- PRAYER FOR A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTS
- WALKING AND TALKING TO GOD
- PRAYER AT AN ENLISTMENT/REENLISTMENT
- THERE IS NO FINER SIGHT
- STRENGTH AND COURAGE
- SHAKING OFF THE DUST
- PRAYER TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES
- ADAPT AND OVERCOME
- PRAYER IN CHALLENGING TIMES
- TURNING IT OVER TO GOD
- PRAYER FOR STRENGTH
- ITâS ALL RELATIVE IN IRAQ
- PRAYER FOR COURAGE
- NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES
- PRAYER IN TIMES OF FEAR
- COME-TO-JESUS MEETINGS: Misses, Near Misses, and Good Luck
- PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY
- THE 6th CAG
- OUR ROOTS AT HOME
- PRAYER FOR PATRIOTS
- WE ARE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE
- PRAYER FOR THE FLAG
- PRAYER FOR THE FREE
- THE WARRIOR AND PEACEMAKER
- PRAYER SEEKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING
- A SIMPLE AND SOLITARY PATH
- LIFE IN THE DESERT
- PRAYER FOR JUSTICE
- PRAYER FOR MERCY
- PRECIOUS DAY
- PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
- WAR AS A NONCOMBATANT
- HESCO BEACH: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF WAR
- CHILDREN DURING WAR
- PRAYER FOR INNOCENCE
- ISMAEL
- PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN OF IRAQ
- CHILDREN ARE NOT COLLATERAL DAMAGE
- PRAYER FOR ANXIOUS TIMES
- ANXIOUS TIMES
- THE WORK OF PRAYER
- PRAYER FOR HUMAN CONFLICT
- A BULLET HAS NO CONSCIENCE
- PRAYER FOR MY ENEMIES
- PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES
- PRAYER FOR HEALING DIVISIONS
- OUR COUNTRYâPRAYING TOGETHER
- ANOTHER PRAYER FOR PEACE
- THESE ARE THE THINGS OF WAR
- PRAYER FOR SERENITY
- A RECIPE FOR PEACE
- A DIRECT PRAYER
- 334 SERVICE MEMBERS
- POWERFUL PRAYER
- POWERFUL PRAYING
- POSITIVE PRAYER
- UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY
- PRAYER FOR UNITY
- PRAYER IN VICTORY
- PRAYER OF CONFESSION
- PRAYING FOR THOSE BACK HOME
- PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT
- PRAYER FOR CONGRESS
- NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
- PRAYER FOR HECTIC TIMES
- I AM THE MARTHA STEWART OF THE FLEET
- REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR
- PRAYER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
- BOUND BY LOVE AND COMPASSION
- MORNING PRAYER
- EVENING PRAYER
- ECHOING THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS
- REMEMBER THE SABBATH TO KEEP IT HOLY
- THE LORDâS PRAYER
- PRAYING IN TIMES OF CONFLICT: A CONSTANT NEED
- PRAYER ATTRIBUTED TO ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
- PSALM 23
- A TIMELY WITNESS
- THE 23RD PSALM FOR SAILORS
- PSALM 46
- CAN WE LIVE WITH PEACE?
- PSALM 91
- THE 91ST PSALM
- AFTERWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES