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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.

Bifocal Man

Posted on 2013/11/15 by JimR, Chaplain

So. I’ve finally reached that point that I got a pair of bifocals. Mind you I did not intentionally buy them. I went for my annual checkup and saw a new optometrist in the practice I usually go to. He … Continue reading →

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Get Your Sunglasses Out

Posted on 2013/11/10 by JimR, Chaplain

To start my day I kiss my honey and roll out of bed. Toast and coffee and the morning news while sitting on the couch get me moving. Libby and I plan on church at eight thirty. We make it … Continue reading →

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Time? It Makes You Think. . .

Posted on 2013/10/21 by JimR, Chaplain

I sometimes deal with thoughts that don’t have simple answers. Many years ago I thought about space. Space outside of this atmospheric ball we live on. The thought of the infinity of space boggled my mind. There’s no end to … Continue reading →

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My Freedom

Posted on 2013/10/20 by JimR, Chaplain

Watching the leaves in the trees As they come falling down Turning from green to brown Every moment now I must seize. Life holds so much more today Than any point in life Lot’s to do past midlife Allow me … Continue reading →

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In Spite of It All

Posted on 2013/10/14 by JimR, Chaplain

I’m not sure about the future. It is safe to say that the government has become so contentious that “We, The People” have become mere pawns in political games. All this going on leaves me with no foundation on which … Continue reading →

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A Reason to Live

Posted on 2013/10/10 by JimR, Chaplain

How is it that turmoil reigned in my life in my fifties? How is it that church, marriage and life in general became so engulfed in the flames of a horrid force that drove me near the brink of losing … Continue reading →

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A Random Poem from Long Ago

Posted on 2013/09/22 by JimR, Chaplain

If the fly who flew Through the pile of poo Would only wipe his feet Before he lands on my beet It might not be so bad. If the worm with the squirm Would only learn I only want to … Continue reading →

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On a Moonlight Night

Posted on 2013/09/21 by JimR, Chaplain

What a sight It is to sit Outside at night. Taking my mind Back to another time. Over my life The busyness took over And lost my contact With the earth. Oh the wonderment Of what God created Seems to … Continue reading →

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One Simple Statement

Posted on 2013/09/21 by JimR, Chaplain

One simple statement, then pages of stiff necks roiling over their meaningless imaginations and expositions. The shallow and the deep of thought. None right, none wrong. Why do you all vex yourselves with the law. Jesus said he came to … Continue reading →

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Potty Time

Posted on 2013/09/21 by JimR, Chaplain

I sometimes wonder where my sense of humor went when all the time it’s right there staring me in the face. Two events come to mind involving the same person. I’m not picking on him. He’s a great guy. He’s … Continue reading →

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