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Safe Place in a War Zone
What’s it like to be a spiritual presence in a war zone? What’s the duty to honor the lives of human beings who die in war, whether from your side or the “enemy”?
Rev. Chris Antal, a Unitarian Universalist minister in the town of Rock Tavern, New York, entered military chaplaincy partially as a way to help soldiers who are prone to harming themselves in the wake of war.
We end this episode with an excerpt of Rev. Antal’s moving sermon about modern war.