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By Don Staton, on February 20th, 2012
Steam was dead or dying. Train service was being cut back. Jobs were being reduced. During testing I was told I was qualified for engineering, law enforcement and clergy. Over the ensuing years I have done all three, sometimes all three parallel with each other. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Don’t Let Dreams Die!
By Don Staton, on February 13th, 2012
Quite often I am reminded of both the resilience and the frailty of human life. It can take so very much but it can be removed so quickly… And our job is to investigate it, handle it and to deal with it and the people. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Temptation To Discouragement
By Don Staton, on February 6th, 2012
Rough, tough and sometimes needing discipline and enforcement, sometimes very drastic discipline and enforcement, for the safety and welfare of the group. If there were no Medical Practitioners or Spiritual Leader along initially, they would be along as soon as the settlement was made known in more civilized circles. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Settlement
By Don Staton, on January 30th, 2012
Peace keeping is a variable profession. Someone described it as “Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of stark terror!”… And so it is often proven in each day, sometimes in each tour of duty. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Careful Watch and Response
By Don Staton, on January 23rd, 2012
My memory has been very active this week. I have been thinking back over the Journey I have traveled from childhood to here. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Perseverance
By Don Staton, on January 16th, 2012
In saying all of this I am trying to convey that the very best of those I have known have all had most of the same traits whether they were two legged friends or four legged friends and I love and have loved them all with the very best love I was capable of giving… . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: The Thoughts of My Heart
By Don Staton, on January 9th, 2012
There are some things we are able to change. There are some things we are not able to change. We must make the effort to learn the difference… . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Careful
By Don Staton, on January 2nd, 2012
Happy New Year! We have spent another year and it is gone! (I am writing this on the 31st)… This week has been another crowded one… Not by plan, but by circumstances and events that presented open doors for me to serve. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Events, Open Doors and Opportunities
By Don Staton, on December 26th, 2011
All of my career has been a life of giving and receiving. I had to learn to see what I was receiving. The greatest thing that I received was satisfaction that I was making a difference most of the time. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Giving – Receiving
By Don Staton, on December 19th, 2011
As Christmas approaches many lonely people begin to experience depression and it continues to expand until it consumes them. . . . → Read More: Chaplain’s Corner: Seasonal Problems
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