By Keith D. Renshaw — 2021
We can learn a lot from military families about going back to “normal” life.
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The process to uncover your purpose after a career in military service takes great introspection.
A Christian Science perspective: We can trust in God’s tender, healing, infinite love, unimpeded by time and space, to reach veterans in need.
Susan Piver gives advice on working with a mind that can’t stop working over every detail.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced Wednesday that his department added the options of transgender male, transgender female, nonbinary and other, when veterans select their gender, in medical records and healthcare documentation.
War veterans return home from duty to the communities and families they left behind, but mental and emotional burdens often return with them. Decisions and experiences from the battlefield can lead to post traumatic stress and what is now being recognized as moral injury.
JWV works to ensure that all service members and veterans are able to practice their faith, free from repercussions.
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are an important community-based resource for veterans as they readjust to civilian life.
Veterans are molded by military culture—a unique set of values, traditions, language and humor, with unique subcultures. It has enough consistency across different branches, ranks and time periods to make most veterans feel a kinship.
When reaching out to veterans in need, don’t let your good intentions be sidelined by one of these common mistakes.
It’s an uphill battle for returning veterans as they look for support from their church and their community.