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Jack Brown

A dedicated community servant, Jack ministers to local veterans as a chaplain at Dublin\’s Carl Vinson VA Medical Center and to readers of The Courier Herald through the encouraging words he pens in regular columns. He is a veteran of two different military branches, having served as a U.S. Marine in the Korean conflict and later a U.S. Army chaplain in various parts of Europe and Asia, including with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He has also worked as a pastor and dean of students at two Baptist colleges. Since moving to Dublin in 1991, he has ministered in various ways to former service members and others in need, particularly at the VA and in local hospitals and nursing homes, where he regularly visits and brings smiles to faces by playing tunes on his harmonica. 

Jack's Latest Articles

Stuart K. Hine: ‘How Great Thou Art’

Hine walked to the center of the platform and sang to the glory of God and majestic  hymn of faith.

A message from the president

In my hand as I write these words is a small New Testament presented by the Army of the United States to America's soldiers.

David Livingstone: Christian missionary, physician, explorer

Scotland was the home of David Livingstone (1813-1873), born into a Christian family whose members worked in the town cotton mill.

A Psalm for Thanksgiving

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

The Ten Commandments

Are the Ten Commandments really obsolete?

William Holmes McGuffey:  Schoolmaster of the nation

William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Ohio in 1802, and grew up there.

Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993): ‘Precious Lord, take my hand’

Dorsey also had the gift of music in his life and was soon torn between the sacred and the secular.

Truett Cathy (1921-2014): ‘Leadership by example’

Cathy embraced with kindness and respect this particular employee as if that employee were his own son.

Stuart Hamblen (1908 – 1989) ‘Until Then’

Stuart Hamblen is now with his Lord, but his beautiful songs of faith live on and continue to bring blessings to those who hear them, play them and sing them.

Billy Graham and ‘The Hour of Decision’

As a young Marine stationed in North Carolina in the early 1950s, I tuned in to those radio messages that were delivered with conviction and with power.

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