Discussing PTSD & The Bible With Tim Denton

This week's episode was a lot of fun to record. My best friend,
fellow Night Stalker, Army Soldier, Flight Lead extraordinaire
Tim Denton is with me. He was actually in Episode 2 but this
episode was recorded about a month before that one. As you will
hear in this week's episode Tim and I have known each other since
1999 when I joined the 160th SOAR. After I retired Tim continued
to serve for another 6 years and retired in 2016.


The thing I really liked about this week was just how natural I'm
able to sit with Tim and talk about things that are important to
us. One of those is our faith and how it can help those like us
work through PTSD. To frame this talk I used an article written
by Jeff Strueker, a former US Army Ranger and Chaplain. Jeff has
a long history in the military, spending his first 10 years in
the 75th Ranger Regiment. After that, he attended seminary and
continued to serve our nation as a chaplain. That was when I had
a chance to hear Jeff speak at a memorial we had for our friends
killed on June 28, 2005, on Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. The
article is titled What the Bible has to say about PTSD, and goes
into thirteen (13) effects that those with PTSD can experience.
Jeff is honest and vulnerable in this article and I encourage my
listeners to read it as well.


So as always, grab a cup of coffee and sit back and listen as Tim
and I discuss getting old, getting colonoscopies and reflect on
some of Jeff's insights into what God's word can say to help
those that struggle with PTSD.