Category Archives: PTSD

Articles dealing with my own struggle with PTSD and that of others

January 31, 2012

God in the Empty Places: Four Years Later

Four years ago I was leaving Iraq for Kuwait, the first stop in the process of coming home. At that point I wanted to go home but I didn’t want to go either. It was the beginning of a new … Continue reading →

Casing the Colors in Iraq

Today the colors were cased in a ceremony at the US Airbase co-located at the Baghdad International Airport. It really is hard to believe that this excursion in Mesopotamia is over. The ceremony marked the formal end to the US … Continue reading →

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November 18, 2011

Night Terrors: Padre Steve’s Closet of Anxieties

There are times that I know that I still have issues. One of those times is when I wake up screaming in the middle of the night. It is a reminder that there are dark recesses in my mind that … Continue reading →

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Tagged as compline, iraq veterans, iraq war, PTSD, ptsd flashbacks, ptsd symptoms, trauma

August 19, 2011

Reaching the Lost Christian Generation

“God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.” Jürgen Moltmann Over the past couple of weeks I have been thinking about encounters that I have had with Christians of various denominations who have suffered a … Continue reading →

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Tagged as agnosticism, anne rice, christian faith, crisis of faith, depression, despair, dietrich bonhoeffer, easter, god, image of god, iraq war, lost christian generation, physical abuse, PTSD, roman catholic church, roman catholic sexual abuse scandals, sexual abuse, tbi, traumatic brain injury

July 21, 2011

The Tapestry of Life: How PTSD and Combat Stress is a Part of Who and What We Are

I have been dealing with the effects of Post Traumatic Stress over 3 ½ years. In that time I have had my struggles going ranging from falling into the abyss to a measure of recovery and occasional relapses. It has … Continue reading →

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Filed under faith, Military, Pastoral Care, philosophy, PTSD, Religion, star trek, Tour in Iraq

Tagged as combat stress injury, faith, grief, loss, loss of faith, PTSD, ptsd flashbacks, ptsd hyper-arousal, ptsd stigma, ptsd symptoms, real warriors campaign, tapestry of life, tbi, therapists, therapy, trauma

July 7, 2011

A Church of Love: Reflections on the celebration of my 15th Anniversary of Ordination

Christmas in Iraq 2007 It is hard to believe that I am a Priest and that I have been one now for the past 15 years. I held ordination in a two different Evangelical churches dating back to 1989 and … Continue reading →

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Filed under christian life, faith, Pastoral Care, philosophy, PTSD, Religion

Tagged as andrew Greeley, anglo catholic, apostolic catholic orthodox church, bishop blackie ryan, bishop phil zampino, charismatic episcopal church, crisis of faith, old catholic, ordination, priesthood, PTSD, roman catholic church, sacrament of holy orders, saint killian, saint willibald of Eichstadt, saint wunibald, the archbishop goes to andalusia

July 5, 2011

Thoughts on Smoke, Suicides, Gracie Jane, the Media Legal System and I guess I’m not Patriotic

Gracie Jane…the Boston Legal Nancy Grace Today was one of those weird days. I got up relatively early for a day off only to have my morning interrupted by a page from the Emergency Room to deal with a suicide. … Continue reading →

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Filed under Military, Politics, PTSD, Lies of World Net Daily, ER's and Trauma, philosophy, purely humorous, leadership, Pastoral Care, faith

Tagged as PTSD, iraq, cnn, marine suicides, 4th of july, molly, liberal, dietrich bonhoeffer, united states constitution, weather channel, msnbc, o j simpson murder case, boston legal, patriotism, tea party, violent political language, violent rhetoric, suicide, death penalty, island hermitage, president george bush, smoke, declaration of independence, tea party movement, gracie jane, lincoln meyer, north carolina wild fires, koch brothers, rupert murdoch, fireworks displays, 122 mm rocket, cuts in military health care, military medical personnel cuts, chaplain corps cuts, beaufort nc, headline news, nancy grace, casey anthony trial, marcia clarke, jill brennan, media legal system, greta van sustern, geraldo rivera, court tv, texas death penalty, david dean bottrell, god bless the usa, seriousness of tea party, tax cuts

June 26, 2011

The Bond

This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as afghanistan, afghanistan casualty numbers, al anbar province, al qaida, algeria, Anaconda, asymmetrical threats, baghdad, band of brothers, cost of war, fallujah, fob, french indochina, gulf war, Haditha, henry v, hummv, icu, ied, improvised explosive devise, iraq, iraq casualty numbers, kandahar, kuwait, Marjah, Mosul, PTSD, ramadi, rpg, sadaam hussein, Tal Afar, tbi, the greatest generation, traumatic brain injury, united nations sanctions, veterans, victory parades, vietnam war, wanat, war on terror, we happy few we band of brothers, world war two

June 24, 2011

The Evolving Faith of a Miscreant Priest

“Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.” Andrew A Greeley Three years ago I had an emotional physical and spiritual breakdown as the life and faith that I had known for many years came apart … Continue reading →

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Filed under christian life, faith, Pastoral Care, PTSD, Religion, Tour in Iraq

Tagged as andrew Greeley, apostolic catholic orthodox church, Baseball, bishop blackie ryan, catholic faith, charismatic episcopal church, christian faith, christian witness, christmas miracle, crisis of faith, daily office, dark night of the soul, early church, eucharist, iraq, last rights, loss of faith, love of god, night terrors, old catholic church, Pastoral Care, people that doubt, PTSD, ptsd flashbacks, sacraments, saint francis of assisi, seven sacraments, trauma of war

May 30, 2011

No Time to Be Bitter: Padre Steve takes a Lesson from Buck O’Neil

Where does bitterness take you? To a broken heart? To an early grave? When I die I want to die from natural causes Not from hate Eating me up from the inside Buck O’Neil I was browsing the internet … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: PTSD

God in the Empty Places: Four Years Later

Casing the Colors in Iraq

Night Terrors: Padre Steve’s Closet of Anxieties

Reaching the Lost Christian Generation

The Tapestry of Life: How PTSD and Combat Stress is a Part of Who and What We Are

A Church of Love: Reflections on the celebration of my 15th Anniversary of Ordination

Thoughts on Smoke, Suicides, Gracie Jane, the Media Legal System and I guess I’m not Patriotic

The Bond

The Evolving Faith of a Miscreant Priest

No Time to Be Bitter: Padre Steve takes a Lesson from Buck O’Neil

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