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About JimR, Chaplain

I'm a 75-year-old guy, in October 2025, who worked in Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune for 28 years and now retired as of 31 Dec 16. I've worked in medical records, the Health Benefits Department, Billing, and the IT department and retired as the Personnel Security Manager for the hospital. I'm a musician and Corvette enthusiast. Yes, I have had two. I traded my second Corvette for a Harley Davidson Fat Boy in mid-summer 2019. Then in 2024, I traded to an HD FreeWheeler FLRT. I've already ridden the new one a thousand miles in 6 weeks. I'm also searching for a fresh new outlook on life with new spiritual insight among other things. I was ordained a minister in 20190202. I've become certified with the American Chaplaincy Association through Aidan University in June '21. Presently, I am a volunteer Chaplain with our county Sheriff's Office. I've found that with the unconditional love of my companion, Libby Rowe life is complete through God. She's a beautiful, vibrant, giving woman who gives her all in everything she puts her mind to do. She and I married on 24 July 2015. She was ordained in February 2022. She has a blog too called Under a Carolina Moon. Give it a visit.

The Day of Vengeance

Posted on 2022/07/18 by JimR, Chaplain

For some reason this morning God took me to Jeremiah 51. It pertains to the desolation of Babylon. My mind wants to overlay it with our country’s present situation. Can it be? We’ve wasted our inheritance in the last twenty … Continue reading →

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Transparency

Posted on 2022/07/15 by JimR, Chaplain

This post isn’t about defeat. It’s about victory. But I must share this for those that think every day is peaches and cream. I was mostly at fault in an auto accident last Sunday. I made a left turn knowing … Continue reading →

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(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay

Posted on 2022/07/10 by JimR, Chaplain

By Otis Redding Sittin’ in the morning sunI’ll be sittin’ when the evening comesWatching the ships roll inThen I watch ’em roll away again, yeah I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bayWatchin’ the tide roll away, oohI’m just sittin’ … Continue reading →

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No One Knows

Posted on 2022/07/09 by JimR, Chaplain

But of that day and hour no one knows not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. . .Watch therefore, for … Continue reading →

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Tithing vs Giving

Posted on 2022/07/03 by JimR, Chaplain

Creflo Dollar has told his congregation to throw away all his teaching on tithing because he has been wrong in it. Tithing according to what he has found is not mentioned in the NT. I’d already done my research in … Continue reading →

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In The Midst of Graduation

Posted on 2022/07/01 by JimR, Chaplain

This past weekend I graduated from Aidan University’s certification process to become an American Chaplain Association fully accredited Chaplain. Our commencement speaker was Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. M.L. King Jr. She has a rather impressive resume’, yet is … Continue reading →

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Just When You Think You’re Broken

Posted on 2022/06/22 by JimR, Chaplain

I had concluded a while back I had come to a place in life where I would no longer have issues with doing wrong. However, I find today that God has a way of turning up the heat in the … Continue reading →

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Someone to Watch My Back

Posted on 2022/06/20 by JimR, Chaplain

This will be a short post. I’m a Vietnam Era Veteran. I was drafted. I will say however that I had tried to enlist up to six months prior for a particular MOS (Military Occupational Skill). Not getting it and … Continue reading →

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Foundation

Posted on 2022/06/18 by JimR, Chaplain

I wake up around four most mornings, but it’s usually to make my wife something for her breakfast before leaving for work. Well a couple of mornings have been different lately. Take this morning for instance. It’s Saturday morning and … Continue reading →

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We’re Not Going Anywhere

Posted on 2022/06/12 by JimR, Chaplain

The Lord woke me this morning and gave me a verse for those who will hear. Isaiah 51:12 – Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and the son of a man who … Continue reading →

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