The influence of Church history and practice can help congregations explore how to understand the moral formation needed to prepare soldiers for combat, and how to reintegrate combat-traumatised soldiers more fully into the common life of faith. Much-needed wisdom from someone who has been there.
Logan Mehl-Laituri is an Iraq War veteran and a founder of Centurion’s Guild, which seeks to support and defend service members while bearing true faith and allegiance to God. He is also a graduate student in theology and the author of Reborn on the 4th of July.