As an Air
Force aviator, I "flew with the Eagles" and eventually retired as a
"bird colonel "
As a POW
in Hanoi, North Vietnam, I lived in the squalor of prison, chained to
the will of the enemy When I was repatriated in 1973, I was physically
free; but the "ghosts of Christmas past" kept their hold on my soul
until 2001.
As part
of my work with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, I wrote and published
my spiritual autobiography as Unchained
Eagle: From Prisoner of War to Prisoner of Christ.
In early
2007, I slipped the chain of corporate parish leadership in order to
pursue a wider ministry to churches in transition, to returning combat
forces and veterans, and to communities trying to welcome their soldiers
home.
I have led
a very varied career in service to God and to Country; and I continue
to serve both from a well of experience and insight gained over a double
thirty-year career: US Air Force and the Episcopal Church.